Pilgrims - Rumi
O pilgrims to the Ka'bah! Where are you? Where are you? The beloved is right here, come back! Your beloved is residing next door; What are you searching, confused, in the desert? If you see the formless manifestation of the beloved's form You will be the master, the house, and the Ka'bah yourself. Ten times you reached that house [Ka'bah] through the same route; Just once climb up the roof of this house [your soul]. (Divan 648:1-4) Translated by Fatemeh Keshavarz, 'Reading Mystical Lyric: The... Sign in to see full entry.