I Am You, You Are I Poem by Mohammad Younus

I Am You, You Are I

She searches for me
Through the chilly winters everyday
But finds me not
And I search for her
Through the scorchy summers everyday
But find her not
The East is east, the west is west
How can the twain meet
Except that we burn for each other fervently
But still she searches for me
And I search for her everyday
I wish to call out to her by her name
But she has got no name
I too am nameless
I am confused
Everything is nameless
I keep feeling the truth
I'm not her other
She is my real
But to play the game of love
I love her as some other
While never forgetting the truth
That we are essentially one
I am a Qalandar, I won't stop
To go on approaching her
To wait and watch her
To gaze at her
With eyes that waver not
I told her: I have closed my eyes
To the world and all its charms
Now there remains only one
Inside my heart:
That is you
She said: do not lie to me
One more is in your heart:
That is you
As long as you long me
As your other
You cannot see me
Say: I am you, you are I
That is all:
The essential truth

Mykoul

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