Only Breath fra 1300 årh. av Jalal ad-Din Rumi

Diktet "Only Breath" er skrevet i det 1300 årh. av Sulfimystikeren og poeten Jalal ad-Din Rumi, og er oversatt og resiteres av Coleman Barks. Filmen er hentet fra "Seasons of Peace".



Only Breath


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
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

call
to
and
know

first
last
outer
inner

only
that
breath

breathing
human
being