Not Christian or Jew
or Muslim,
not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen.
Not any religion
or cultural system.
I am not from the East or the West,
not out of the ocean or up from the ground,
not natural or ethereal,
not composed of elements at all.
I do not exist,
am not an entity in this world or in the next,
did not descend from Adam and Eve
or any origin story.
My place is the placeless,
a trace of the traceless.
Neither body or soul.
I belong to the beloved,
have seen the two worlds as one
and that one called to
and known:
first, last, outer, inner.
Only that breath,
breathing
human being.
I belong to the beloved,
have seen the two worlds as one
and that one called to
and known:
first, last, outer, inner.
Only that breath,
breathing
human being.
Note: The original poem by Rumi has differences from the lyrics.
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