All day I think about it, then at night I say it.
Where did I come from and what I’m supposed to be doing?
I have no idea.
My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that,
And I intend to end up there.

This drunkenness started in some other tavern.
When I get back to that place,
I’ll be completely sober. Meanwhile,
I’m like a bird from another continent, sitting in this aviary.
The day is coming when I fly off,
But who is it in my ear who hears my voice?
Who says words with my mouth?

Who looks out with my eyes? What is the soul?
I can not stop.
If I could taste one sip of answer,
I could break out of this prison for drunks.
I did not come here, and I can not leave that way.
Whoever brought me here wants to take me home.

This poetry. I never know what I’m going to say.
I do not plan it.
When I’m Saying It, I’m Getting Quiet and Speaking at All.

We have a huge barrel of wine, but no cups.
That’s fine with us. Every morning
We glow and in the evening we glow again.

Rumi