Rumi: I Am And I Am Not In Punjabi Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

dariya wich ajay baaD aaya nahin
main taan pehley hi paani naal bhig gaya haaN

kaid khana ajay banDiya nahin
main taan pehlay hi kaidi bun gaya haaN

chess taan ajay khedi nahin
main taan pehlay hi checkmate bun gaya haaN

teri shrab da ajay ik pyala vi peeta nahin
main taan pehlay hi nashay wich choor ho gayan haaN

laDaee de maidan wich ajay main paunchayha vi nahin
main taan pehlay hi zakhmi ho k kaatil ho gaya haaN

mainu hun kuj vi patta nahin lagada
asli roop ki hai tay chitar ki hai

main taan hun ik parcHawaN haaN
tay nahin vi haaN

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Rumi
I Am and I Am Not

I'm drenched
in the flood
which has yet to come

I'm
in the prison
which has yet to exist



Not having played
the game of chess
I'm already the checkmate



Not having tasted
a single cup of your wine
I'm already drunk



Not having entered
the battlefield

I'm already wounded and slain



I no longer
know the difference
between image and reality



Like the shadow
I am

And

I am not