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| [Untitled One went to the door of the Beloved] |
| "One went to the door of the Beloved and |
| knocked. A voice asked, 'Who is there?' |
| He answered, 'It is I.' |
| The voice said, 'There is no room for Me and |
| Thee.' The door was shut. |
| After a year of solitude and deprivation he |
| returned and knocked. |
| A voice from within asked, 'Who is there?' |
| The man said, 'It is Thee.' |
| The door was opened for him." |
| (excerpt from The Essential Rumi, |
| translations by Coleman Barks with John Moyne, 1995) |
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