PagineLove Sounds the Music of the Spheres
by Rumi
Translated by William Hastie (1903) · From Dīvāni Shamsi Tabrīz
O, soul, if thou, too, wouldst be free,
Then love the Love that shuts thee in.
'Tis Love that twisteth every snare;
'Tis Love that snaps the bond of sin;
Love sounds the Music of the Spheres;
Love echoes through Earth's harshest din.
The world is God's pure mirror clear,
To eyes when free from clouds within.
With Love's own eyes the Mirror view,
And there see God to self akin.
This poem and this translation are in the public domain. Source text: Project Gutenberg.