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The Beloved All in All

by Rumi
Translated by William Hastie (1903) · From Dīvāni Shamsi Tabrīz

My Soul sends up to Heaven each night the cry of Love!
God's starry Beauty draws with might the cry of Love!
Bright sun and moon each morn dance in my Heart at Dawn:
And waking me at daylight, excite the cry of Love!
On every meadow glancing, I see God's sun-beams play;
And all Creation's wonders excite the cry of Love!

I, All in All becoming, now clear see God in All;
And up from Union yearning, takes flight the cry of Love!

This poem and this translation are in the public domain. Source text: Project Gutenberg.

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