I’m drenched in the flood
which has yet to come
I’m tied up in the prison
that has yet to exist
Not having played the game of chess
I’m already the checkmate
……..
Not having entered the battlefield
I’m already wounded and slain
I no longer know the difference
between image and reality
Like the shadow
I am and I am not.
– RUMI
Translated by: Fereydoun Kia
Universal Spirituality 