Where do I come from, and where do the sorrow and joy of this world come from?

Where do I come from, and where does the worry of rain and the drainpipe come from?

Why should I not return to my original world?

Where does the heart come from, and where does the spectacle of this earthly realm come from?

Since I do not have a donkey, and I am not a donkey driver, O soul

Where do I come from, and where does the worry of saddle and dung come from?

You have passed a thousand years beyond reason, imagination, and conjecture

Where do you come from, and where do the pressures of ill-thinking come from?

You are a four-winged bird until you fly to the heavens

Where do you come from, and where does the path to the roof and the ladder come from?

You do not take anyone for a goat, and no one takes you for a goat

Where do you come from, and where do the clamors of every shepherd come from?

A thousand cries came from above the sky

You shake your head and do not seek where this lament comes from?

When Adam, through one serpent, was driven out of paradise

Amidst scorpions and snakes, where is your safety?

O heart, O heart, be attached to the thread, listen to the parable

That the sky is from where, and the rope is from where?

Bring raw wine and give it to the ripe ones

Where do I come from, and where does the worry of every raw juggler come from?

Enter the wine house and lock the door from within

Where do you come from, and where do the good and bad people come from?

Do not be greedy, for your life has an end

The attributes of Truth (God), and where does Truth have limit and end?

Death will break the cage, it will not harm the bird

Where is death, and where are the wings of the immortal bird?

Be silent, for you have said much and no one has heard

That this drum is from what roof, and this explanation is from where?