Who Are We?, a Quatrain by Rumi









This molded figure of Mankind,
so strangely assembled,
is an image drawn in the stable of sorrows.
First being angels,
then turning into demons,
and now acting as savages,
what kind of spell is this
being so firmly cast upon us humans?
Rumi



این صورت آدمی که درهم بستند
نقشی است که در تویلهٔ غم بستند
گه دیو گهی فرشته گاهی وحشی
این خود چه طلسم است که محکم بستند
رباعی حضرت مولانا جلال الدين بلخي رومي

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