The Source

Source

Alas my Muslim friends

I do not know myself

I am not Christian

I am not Jewish

I am not Zoroastrian

I am not Muslim either

am not of the earth
I am not of the wind
I am not of the water
I am not of the fire

I have seen both worlds

And call them one

My place is the placeless

A trace of traceless

I am not the body

I am not the mind

I am the source of life itself

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چه تدبیر ای مسلمانان که من خود را نمی دانم

نه ترسا نه یهودم من، نه گبرم نه مسلمانم

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This beautiful poem by anonymous is often attributed to Rumi

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