Falcon of the Spirit World

I am the falcon of the spirit world,
Escaped out of the highest heaven.
Who out of desire of the hunt,
Am fallen into earthly form.
Of the Mount Kaf am I the Simorg,
Whom the net of Being holds imprisoned.
Of Paradise am I the Peacock, Who has escaped from his nest.
Rumi, W.Emerson Collected Poems and Translations p.495