I Died as a Mineral

I&rsquo;ve appreciated this poem by Rumi (A.K.A. Rumi Jalal ad'Din) since the first time I read it, at least 10 or 20 years ago. I Died as a Mineral (Translated by A.J. Arberry) I died as a mineral and became a plant, I died as plant and rose to animal, I died as animal and I was Man. Why should I fear? When was I less by dying? Yet once more I shall die as Man, to soar With angels blest; but even…