Rumi: Without I

Rumi's phrase "Without I" can be seen as a mystical concept emphasizing the transcendence of the ego, or the "self" in the individualistic sense. In Sufi mysticism, where Rumi’s work is rooted, the journey towards union with the Divine involves the dissolution of the ego, often referred to as the "nafs," which is associated with the personal and self-centered "I."

To be "Without I" suggests a state of being where the seeker has moved beyond ego-driven desires, identities, and attachments, reaching a state of surrender to the Divine.

Transcript

I went through a journey without I.

There,

My heart opened up to joy without I.

The beloved who always hid his face from me suddenly showed his beautiful face to me without I.

I died from the pain of not finding you.

A new birth came and I was reborn without I.

Now I am always drunk without any wine.

Now I am always happy and joyful without I.

Do not ever remember me for who I was.

I am the remembrance of me without I.

I say happy and loving words without I.

It is I who is always a lot without I.

All the doors of fortune and joy were closed to me.

Suddenly they were open to me without I.

With I,

Even if I am a king,

I am a slave of time.

Without I,

There is no slavery in all my kingdom.

I am drunk with the wine from Shams-e-Brizi.

May this drunkenness of love be always without I.

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