I am fully qualified to work as a doorkeeper, and for this reason
by Rabia al-Basri (Rabia al- Adawiyya)English version by Charles Upton
Original Language Persian/Farsi
I am fully qualified to work as a doorkeeper, and for this reason:
What is inside me, I don't let out:
What is outside me, I don't let in.
If someone comes in, he goes right out again.
He has nothing to do with me at all.
I am a Doorkeeper of the Heart, not a lump of wet clay.
 | -- from Doorkeeper of the Heart: Versions of Rabia, Translated by Charles Upton |
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