come and see me
today i am away
out of this world
hidden away
from me and i
i grabbed a dagger
made slices of
me from myself
since i belong
not to me
not to anyone
i am so sorry
for not having done
this cutting away before
it was my soul's mind
and not mine
i have no idea
how my inner fire
is burning today
my tongue
is on a different flame
i see myself
with a hundred faces
and to each one
i swear it is me
surely i must have
a hundred faces
i confess none is mine
i have no face
Ghazal 1519
Translation by Nader Khalili
"Rumi, Fountain of Fire"
Burning Gate Press, 1984
