Death before death is safety, O young man; so did Mustafa command us.
مرگ پیش از مرگ امنست ای فتی / این چنین فرمود ما را مصطفی
Merg pîş ez merg emnest ey fetâ / în çünîn fermûd mâ-râ Mustafâ.
Rumi, Masnavi IV/2270.
Death comes to everyone.
And there are things a person
lets go of with his own hand.
A habit.
A pride.
An "I".
Every letting go is a small death.
Rumi calls it safety.
For whoever dies before death
has long since given up
what he would lose in death.
This death is not awaited.
It is sought.