A vers írója Hafiz, egy perzsa költő, aki 1315-től 1390-ig élt. A verset Daniel Lazinsky fordította angolra.
Íme a vers:
"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, and angel
Or even pure
Soul.
Love has
Befriended Hafiz so completely
It has turned to ash
And freed
Me
Of every concept and image
My mind has ever known."
