“I
Have
Learned
So much from God

That I can no longer
Call
Myself
A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim,
A Buddhist, a Jew.

The Truth has shared so much of Itself
With me

That I can no longer call myself
A man, a woman, an angel,
Or even pure
Soul.

Love has
Befriended [me] so completely
It has turned to ash
And freed
Me

Of every concept and image
My mind has ever known.”

~Hafiz, I Have Learned So Much, The Gift – Poems by Hafiz, the great Sufi master, 14th century