Sunday Sufi Poetry Share

I did not come on this earth as a seed

by Rupa Bhawani
English version by Jankinath Kaul Kamal
Original Language Kashmiri

I did not come on this earth as a seed,

To fall in the circle of births,

I am not the elementsEarth, water, fire, air and ether

I am beyond the primordial universal self and the individual self,

I am the Supreme Consciousness.

Highlighting another female sacred poet, Rupa Bhawani. Here's some additional information about her from Poetry Chaikhana...
(http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/Poets/B/BhawaniRupa/index.html#PoemList)

"Rupa Bhawani, like Lal Ded, is one of the great female mystic poets of Kashmir.

She is said to have been born on the first day of the Hindu festival of Navaratri, the nine days dedicated to the Goddess. As a mark of how greatly she is revered, some legends say she was an incarnation of the Goddess who wished to bestow a blessing upon her saintly father.

The exact year of her birth varies in different accounts between 1620 and 1624.

Her father is said to have initiated her into yogic practice. 

Although her father was a devotee of Hinduism and her poetry clearly uses yogic terminology, some elements of her poetry also suggests the influence of Sufi mysticism, as well. Today, she is honored by both Hindus and Muslims.

Rupa Bhawani entered mahanirvana, a saint's conscious exit from the body, in 1721. The day is commemorated in Kashmir as Sahibi Saptami. "