Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī - In the Soul of my Loved One

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"Lo, for I to myself am unknown, now in God's name what must I do?
I adore not the Cross nor the Crescent, I am not a Giaour nor a Jew.
East nor West, land nor sea is my home, I have kin nor with angel
nor gnome,
I am wrought not of fire nor of foam, I am shaped not of dust nor
of dew.
I was born not in China afar, not in Saqsin and not in Bulghar;
Not in India, where five rivers are, Nor ‘Iraq nor Khorasan I grew.
Not in this world nor that world I dwell, Not in Paradise, neither
in Hell;
Not from Eden and Rizwan I fell, Not from Adam my lineage I drew.
In a place beyond uttermost Place, In a tract without shadow of trace,
Soul and body transcending I live in the soul of my Loved One anew!"
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