Who are You, who keeps my heart awake?
Every moment is lit by You, so that I feel
no longer separate from You.
-Rabindranath Tagore
Lord, you are my lover, my longing,
my flowing stream, my sun.
And I am Your reflection.
-Mechthild of Magdeburg
You are on the inside of everything and on the outside.
-A. R. Ammons
Each way I turned
I turned to You;
Each place I reached
Was the path to You.
-Muhammad Shirin Maghribi
Where I wander - You!
Where I ponder - You!
Only You everywhere, You, always You.
You, You, You.
When I am gladdened - You!
And when I am saddened - You!
Only You, everywhere You!
You, You, You.
Sky is You!
Earth is You!
You above! You below!
In every trend, at every end,
Only You, everywhere You!
-Levi Yitzchak of Berditchov
Repeating the name of the Beloved
I have become the Beloved myself.
Whom shall I call the Beloved now?
-Bulleh Shah
I leapt from I to You
And You devoured me
Yet here I am
Not an I at all
-Chris McCombs
"I" and "you"
have made of man a two-ness.
Without these words,
you are I and I am you.
-Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi
Since I am you,
how long
is this "being you"
and 'being me"
going to last?
-'Aziz Kashani
By day I praised You
but never knew it;
by night slept with You
without realizing;
fancying myself
to be myself;
but now, I was You
and never knew it.
-Fakhruddin Iraqi
You are me, and I am You -
what is the difference between us?
We are like gold and the bracelet,
or water and the waves.
-Ravidas
how long
is this "being you"
and 'being me"
going to last?
-'Aziz Kashani
By day I praised You
but never knew it;
by night slept with You
without realizing;
fancying myself
to be myself;
but now, I was You
and never knew it.
-Fakhruddin Iraqi
You are me, and I am You -
what is the difference between us?
We are like gold and the bracelet,
or water and the waves.
-Ravidas
