Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī - I Am the One

 

My crazy heart is all tied up again,
but the real crazy is the one who has no idea
about the heart and has never felt its tugging.
I don’t come from the earth or the sky,
nor from fire or water.
I became the One
whose name everybody takes an oath to.
I became Jesus to that moon.
I rose up and passed through the skies.
I am the drunk Moses.
God himself lives inside this patched cloak.
I'm crazy, insane, drunk out of my mind!
I don’t listen to advice and deserve to be locked up.
I'm the tavern’s rind.
Why should I even be called a Sufi?
Who thinks a glass alone is enough?
‘Who can be happy with just one glass?
I've been falling up and down like a drunk,
rolling like a ball in the square.
I've been fully submerged and drawn into that sea.
Why should I just be a drop?
My heart and soul have come alive!
Why should I act as if I'm dead?
‘When Muhammad sees me drunk, my face pale,
he kisses my eyes, then I prostrate before him.
I am today’s Muhammad,
but not Muhammad of the past.
I am the phoenix of the time,
not some small hungry bird.
I am the sultan of today, not yesterday's man.