Did I Not Say To You

Did I not say to you, 

“Go not there, for I am your friend; in this 

mirage of annihilation I am the fountain of life?” 

Even though in anger you depart a hundred thousand years 

from me, in the end you will come to me, for I am your goal.

Did I not say to you, 

“Be not content with worldly forms, for I 

am the fashioner of the tabernacle of your contentment?” 

Did I not say to you, 

“I am the sea and you are a single fish; 

go not to dry land, for I am your crystal sea?” 

Did I not say to you,

 “ Go not like birds to the snare; come, for 

I am the power of flight and your wings and feet?” 

Did I not say to you,

 “ They will waylay you and make you 

cold, for I am the fire and warmth and heat of your desire?” 

Did I not say to you, 

“ They will implant in you ugly qualities 

so that you will forget that I am the source of purity to you?” 

Did I not say to you, 

“Do not say from what direction the servant’s affairs come into order?”

 I am the Creator without 

directions. 

If you are the lamp of the heart, know where the road is to the 

house; and if you are godlike of attribute, 

know that I am your 

Maser.

Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi

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