Jahane Rumi In search of the unsearchable: O, my soul! where would you find your house?

2Oct/080

In this game of chess

I was first seduced by love
then put in a fire of agonies
as i won the mastery
of the beloved
the beloved dropped me
and was gone

--Translation by Nader Khalili
Rumi, Dancing the Flame
Cal-Earth Press, 2001

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First, he tempted me
with infinite caresses.
He burnt me in the end
with pain and sorrow.
In this game of chess
I had to lose myself
in order to win Him.

-- Translation by Azima Melita Kolin
and Maryam Mafi
Rumi: Whispers of the Beloved
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1999

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