Guest guest Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 > WHO AM I ? > > Oh you who are faithful what's to be done? > I've lost all recognition of who I really am? > I'm neither Christian, Moslem, Buddhist nor Jew, > Nor from the east nor west, nor land or sea, > Neither marked with nature's stamp nor heaven's, > Nor made from elemental earth, water, air nor fire. > > I'm not of the empyrean, nor the dust of existence, > Nor of any known single entity that I can trace, > I'm not from India, China, Bulgaria nor Saqsin, > Nor the kingdoms of Iraq or Khorasan. > I'm not of this world, Paradise or Hell! > I'm not from Adam and Eve, Eden or Rizwan, > > My place is really in the placeless, > My trace is really of the traceless, > I'm neither body nor mind, for I belong > To the Self of the One True Beloved. > > I've left concepts of duality far behind, > I've seen that the two worlds are One! > This Oneness, I seek, know, see and call. > He's the first and last, the outer and inner, > I know no other than His glorious Name. > > I am intoxicated with the heavy wine of Love, > The notion of the two worlds has passed away, > I've no business here, but ecstacy and play. > If once in a while I spend idle time without You, > From that second I'll repent for my wasted life. > Whenever I live in the present moment with You > I trample on both worlds and dance on the rubble. > Oh Shams of Tabriz I'm so drunk, I've no more to say . From some versifications of Rumi's Mathnawi. Alan Jacobs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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