Unity

 

Unity is what I sing,

Unity is what I speak

Unity is what I know,

Unity is what I seek.

 

Why think thus O men of piety

 

I have returned to sobriety

  

I am neither a Moslem nor a Hindu

 

not Christian, Zoroastrian, nor Jew

  

I am neither of the West nor the East

 

Not of the ocean, nor an earthly beast

  

I am neither a natural wonder

 

Nor from the stars yonder.

 

Neither flesh of dust, nor wind inspire

 

Nor water in veins, nor made of fire

  

I am neither an earthly carpet, nor gems terrestrial

 

Nor am I confined to Creation, nor the Throne Celestial

   

Not of ancient promises, nor of future prophecy

 

Not of hellish anguish, nor of paradisic ecstasy

  

Neither the progeny of Adam, nor Eve

 

Nor of the world of heavenly make-believe.

 

My place is the no-place

 

My image is without face

  

Neither of body nor the soul

 

I am of the Divine Whole.

 

I eliminated duality with joyous laughter

 

Saw the unity of here and the hereafter.

 

Unity is what I sing,

Unity is what I speak

Unity is what I know,

Unity is what I seek.

 

Intoxicated from the chalice of Love

 

I have lost both worlds below and above

   

Sole destiny that comes to me

 

Licentious mendacity.

 

In my whole life, even if once

 

I forgot His name even per chance

   

For that hour spent, for such moment

 

I’d give my life, and thus repent

 

Beloved Master, Shams-e Tabrizi

 

In this world with love I’m so drunk

   

The path of love isn’t easy

 

I am shipwrecked and must be sunk