A figment of my imagination

[Guest guest]

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Sometimes I feel like a king,

sometimes I moan in my own prison.

Swaying between these states

I can't be proud of myself.

This " I " is a figment of my imagination.

 

- Rumi

 

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" Rumi - Whispers of the Beloved "

Selected and translated by

Azima Melita Kolin and Maryam Mafi

Thorsons, London 1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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