Only you exist....

A step toward your own heart

is a step toward the Beloved.

In this house of mirrors

you see a lot of things –

Rub your eyes.

Only you exist.

Version by Jonathan Star and Shahram Shiva

A Garden Beyond Paradise

Bantam Books, 1992

If you have the courage to look in its face

love is

a mirror

you see nothing

but your reflection

you see nothing

but your real face

Translation by Nader Khalili

Rumi, Dancing the Flame

Cal-Earth Press, 2001

With love you cannot bargain

there, the choice is not yours.

Love is a mirror, it reflects

only your essence,

if you have the courage

to look in its face.

Translation by Azima Melita Kolin and Maryam Mafi

Rumi: Whispers of the Beloved

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1999