31. (new). He is the bird; He is the cage; He is the reservoir and He is the goose. This is what I learnt after looking within myself and knowing my own secret. He who causes pain in the body that hunter, actually lives and circulates in my system. (Verse 1 of chapter 2)
Note: Here ماري may mean death, Satan or the baser self.
مرغ خویشی صید خویشی دام خویش،
صدر خویشی فرش خویشی بامِ خویش۔
(Roomi)
You are yourself the bird, the prey and the trap. You are yourself the chair, the floor and the balcony.

Bird cage, fount and swan, all are one and the same,
When I peeped within, this knowledge to me came,
The hunter that the body fears also is within.

Bird and cage are one, so are fount and swan,
When I delved deep in myself to find my own secret,
I found that the hunter troubling my body is right inside me.