Monday, May 21, 2012

Who do you think it is?


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If this me is not I, then
who am I?
If I am not the one who speaks, then
who does?
If this me is only a robe then
who is
the one I am covering?

Translation by Azima Melita Kolin and Maryam Mafi
Rumi: Whispers of the Beloved
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1999


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the one you know me as me 
it isn't me
who do you think it is ?
I utter no words with my tongue
who do you think it is ?
I'm only a shirt
from my head to my toes
the one whose shirt is me
who do you think it is ?


Translation by Nader Khalili
"Dancing the Flame"
Cal-Earth, 2001












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