Do you love me?
A lover asked his beloved
Do you love yourself more
than you love me?
The beloved replied,
I have died to myself
and I live for you
I've disappeared from myself
and my attributes.
I am present only for you.
I have forotten all my learning,
but from knowing you
I have become a scholar.
I have lost all my strength,
but from your power
I am able.
If I love myself,
I love you.
If I love you,
I love myself.
by Rumi
