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In this article, a parable in the fourth volume of Mevlânâ Muhammed Celâleddîn Rûmî's (d. 672/1273) Mesnevî-i Şerîf, which consists of approximately twenty-five thousand seven hundred couplets (This parable will be called the Poet's Parable due to its subject), will be discussed in terms of patronage. While reading and evaluating the story in terms of patronage, the work of Ahmed Avni Konuk (1868-1938), who annotated the entire Mesnevî-i Şerîf, will be used. By examining the story, couplet by couplet, the historical equivalent of patronage will be sought and the focus will be on what the story says in terms of Sufism. The poet we encounter in the Story of the Poet is a person who keeps his hopes for the world high. Since hope is kept high, sadness and grief come with it. However, Allah is the one who gives freely. Limiting hopes to worldly goods is not in accordance with Allah's consent. Complying with the desires of the patrimonial ruler and palace life and always being in expectation can harm the poet. It is known that some poets have worldly desires such as obtaining better positions. It is also a known fact that some poets yearn to achieve a worldly desire and make efforts to achieve this goal. When the desired things do not come true, sadness always comes with it. In this article, we will focus on what the story of Hazrat Mevlana, called the Story of the Poet, says, both historically and mystically. The proposition developed during this focus is as follows: “There is always a contradiction between our desires and what will come true. This contradiction returns to our household as sadness. "The poet who cannot control his desires is doomed to blame his boss and be unhappy." When the story is read, it will be seen that the poet who is stuck on and waiting for the blessing of man, not God, eventually becomes sad.