Let go of it?

One cold day a bearskin was floating down the river.

I said to a man who had no clothes,

"Jump in and pull it out."

But the bearskin was a live bear,

and the man who jumped in so eagerly

was caught in the clutches of what he went to grab.

"Let go of it," I said, "Fighting won't get you anywhere."

"Let go of it? This coat won't let go of me!"

~ Rumi, "The Pull of Love"

A Bear Fighting a Tiger, 1610