Now and then I wrestle with myself,
and I see that, like a tangled thread, I am all knots.
How could I ever claim to be something? I am nothing,
for when I look again, I find that I truly am nothing at all.
Explanation: The 'tangled thread' image captures the self caught up in the knots of its own being and identity.
Original · Persian
شمارهٔ ۲۰
گه گاه به نفس خویش درپیچم من
بینم که چو رشته جمله در پیچم من
کی دعوی او کنم که من هیچ نیم
با آنکه چو باز بنگرم هیچم من