"Beloved, I sought You ...."

Beloved, I sought You here and there,

Asked for news of You from all I met.

Then I saw You through myself,

And found we were identical.

Now I blush to think I ever searched

For signs of You.

By day I praised You, but never knew it;

By night I slept with You without realizing it,

Fancying myself to be myself;

But no, I was You and never knew it.

Fakhruddin Iraqi