Rumi 16: “Lo, for I to myself am unknown, now in God’s na

“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 Saqsīn and not in Bulghār;

Not in India, where five rivers are, nor ʿIrāq nor Khorāsān I grew.

Not in this world nor that world I dwell, not in Paradise, neither

in Hell;

Not from Eden and Rizwān 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!”