The Sought and the Seeker

Lesson 330: The Sought and the Seeker

You are the sought and the seeker, the beginning, the end;
You have erupted softly in the heart of the heart,
Threaded all thought on your diamond laughter.
O incomparable Giver of Life, cut Reason loose at last!
Let it wander grey-eyed from vanity to vanity.

- Jalal-ud-Din Rumi

(Translated by Andrew Harvey from A Year of Rumi)