My place is the Placeless, my trace is the Traceless
....What is to be done, O Moslems? for I do not recognize myself. I am neither Christian, nor Jew, nor Gabr [Magian], nor Moslem. I am not of the East, nor of the West, nor of the land, nor of the sea; I am not of Nature's mint, nor of the circling heavens. I am not of earth, nor of water, nor of air, nor of fire; I am not of the empyrean, nor of the dust, nor of existence, nor of entity. I am not of India, nor of China, nor of Bulghar, nor of Saqsin; I am not of the kingdom of 'Iraqain, nor of the country of Khurasan. I am not of this world, nor of the next, nor of Paradise, nor of Hell; I am not of Adam, nor of Eve, nor of Eden and Rizwan. My place is the Placeless, my trace is the Traceless; ......
Three poems of Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273)
Three poems of Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273)
