Rumi

Suppose you know the definitions

of all substances

and their derivatives,

what good is this to you?

Know the true definition of yourself.

That is indispensable.

Then, when you know your own definition,

flee from it,

that you may attain to the One

who cannot be defined,

O sifter of the dust
For years, copying other people,

I tried to know myself.

From within,

I couldn’t decide what to do.

Unable to see,

I heard my name being called.

Then I walked outside.