{"id":235,"date":"2012-11-06T17:58:43","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T22:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=235"},"modified":"2019-11-28T22:29:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T03:29:42","slug":"rumi-i-do-not-recognize-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2012\/11\/06\/rumi-i-do-not-recognize-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumi &#8211; I do not know myself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gUn6PuVoRXQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VO_3EKAr7NM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What is to be done, O Muslims? for I do not know myself.<\/p>\n<p>I am neither Christian, nor Jew, nor Magian, nor Muslim.<br \/>\nI am not of the East, nor of the West, nor of the land, nor of the sea;<br \/>\nI am not of Nature&#8217;s quarry, nor of the heaven circling above.<br \/>\nI am not made of earth, nor of water, nor of wind, nor fire;<br \/>\nnor of the Divine Throne, nor the carpet, nor the cosmos, nor mineral.<br \/>\nI am not from India, nor China, nor Bulgaria, nor Turkestan;<br \/>\nI am not from the kingdom of the two Iraqs, nor from the earth of Khurasan.<br \/>\nNeither of this world, nor the next, I am, nor of Heaven, nor of Hell;<br \/>\nNor from Adam, nor from Eve, nor from Eden nor Rizwan.<br \/>\nMy place is the Placeless, my trace is the Traceless;<br \/>\n&#8216;Tis neither body nor soul, for I myself am the Beloved.<br \/>\nI have cast aside duality, I have seen the two worlds as one;<br \/>\nOne I seek, One I know, One I see, One I say.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>He is the First, He is the Last, He is the Outward, He is the Inward<\/em>;<br \/>\nI know no one other than He, none but he who is He<br \/>\nDrunk with Love&#8217;s cup, the two worlds have been lost to me;<br \/>\nI have no business save carouse and revelry.<br \/>\nIf once in my life I spent a moment without you,<br \/>\nFrom that time and from that hour I repent of my 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