Nature

Lesson 339: Nature

I do not belong to the land, or to any known or unknown sea.
Nature cannot own or claim me, nor can heaven;
Nor can India, China, Bulgaria.
My birthplace is placelessness,
My sign to have and give no sign.
You say you see my mouth, ears, eyes, nose – they are not mine.

- Jalal-ud-Din Rumi

(Translated by Andrew Harvey from A Year of Rumi)