Religion
Where is He?
Translated by William Hastie, after Rückert's German (1903) · From The Festival of Spring (1903)
I ask all I meet: Where is He?
In me incomplete: Where is He?
The Tree of my Thought stretch'd on high,
Reach'd not to His Seat: Where is He?
I ask of the Wanderers by Day:
My loved One, most sweet, Where is He?
I ask of the Keepers of Vines:
My loved One, most sweet, Where is He?
I rush through the Woods and the Fields,
And ask the Stag fleet: Where is He?
At Night when in Darkness He hides,
In Fear I repeat: Where is He?
I ask of the Sun and the Moon,
And Stars in retreat: Where is He?
He is not with me. Who has seen
The Path of His Feet? Where is He?
O Master, if thou hast Him found,
O tell, I entreat: Where is He?
Cite this poem
MLA
Rumi, Jalal al-Din. “Where is He?” Translated by William Hastie, after Rückert's German. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rumi/72/.
Chicago
Rumi, Jalal al-Din. “Where is He?” Translated by William Hastie, after Rückert's German. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rumi/72/.
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