Only Lovers Know The Sadness Of Heart, A Ghazal Of Rumi In English Translation

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Only lovers know the sadness of heart
It is unlike any other sadness

No matter where the lovers come from
They will die for your love

I cannot tell love in words
I feel it only in my heart

My tongue fails to tell
How I feel when I am in love

When I use my pen to write about love
Love shatters it into a thousand pieces

When I use my head to think about love
I feel like a donkey stuck in mud

If you want to know about love
Ask love what love is

It's like wanting to know about the sun
You have to ask the sun what sun is, and do not turn away.

Ravi Kopra

Thursday, November 23, 2017

Topic(s) of this poem: rumi

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From a literal translation on web pages -

Only Love Can Understand the Secrets of God

Mathnawi I: 109-116

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