PagineO Love, Love, and Heart's Desire of Love!
by Rumi
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1887) · From Masnavi
Israfil of the resurrection-day of Love!
Love, Love, and heart's desire of Love!
Let thy first boon to me be this:
To lend thine ear to my orisons,
Though thou knowest my condition clearly,
O protector of slaves, listen to my speech.
A thousand times, O prince incomparable,
Has my reason taken flight in desire to see thee,
And to hear thee and to listen to thy words,
And to behold thy life-giving smiles.
Thy inclining thine ear to my supplications
Is as a caress to my misguided soul.
This poem and this translation are in the public domain. Source text: Project Gutenberg.