PagineThe Souls Love-Moved
by Rumi
Translated by William Hastie (1903) · From Dīvāni Shamsi Tabrīz
The souls love-moved are circling on,
Like streams to their great Ocean King.
Thou art the Sun of all men's thoughts;
Thy kisses are the flowers of spring.
The dawn is pale from yearning Love;
The moon in tears is sorrowing.
Thou art the Rose, and deep for Thee,
In sighs, the nightingales still sing.
This poem and this translation are in the public domain. Source text: Project Gutenberg.