In the very first step, I was lost;
lifeless, I was utterly transformed.
What could being and not being be

once I had passed beyond reason and imagination
Both worlds, woven within one another
are one vast ocean.
Whoever says “it is not,”
is only lost in illusion.

Chorus:
Every hidden truth that was hidden
was revealed to me

I became an eternal tale,
a song poured from the wine cup.
In the realm of annihilation,
I became ecstatically entranced.

No words remained in me;
not even the image of myself remains.
In the rose garden of longing,
the soul flows forth from me.

Niyaz - Annihilation
Persian