I've seen no joy without You in both worlds, I've seen their wonders nothing was like You.
I've put the soul's ear at the window "Heart" I've heard some words but never seen the lips!
You've lavished grace abundant on Your this lover I've seen no reason but Your endless grace.
O My Beloved , dearer than my eyes, I have Not seen one like You in Iran, Iraq or whole World .
Pour out such wine that I may leave myself I've only seen fatigue in my existence.
You're milk and You are sugar, sun and moon I've seen no family like You, my Beloved !
O endless Love, Divine manifestation I've seen no name thats worthy of You, your love ,o beloved helper.
I am like iron scrap Your love: the magnet. You, without seeking, are the source of seeking!
~ Rumi Ghazal (Ode) N32 (in the Nicholson numbering system; number 1690 in the more commonly used Furuzanfar numbering system) Translation by Annemarie Schimmel "Look! This is Love - Poems of Rumi"" Shambhala, 1991 |