“Who looks out with my eyes? What is the soul?
I cannot stop asking.”
"Who says words with my mouth?" in Ch. 1 : The Tavern, p. 2
The Essential Rumi (1995)
Context: Who looks out with my eyes? What is the soul?
I cannot stop asking.
If I could taste one sip of an answer,
I could break out of this prison for drunks.
I didn't come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way.
Whoever brought me here, will have to take me home.
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Rumi 148
Iranian poet 1207–1273Related quotes
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1940s
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