An aching heart,
if only people knew,
is the secret
to all the love
and beauty
and goodness
that can ever be imagined.
An aching heart
turns rocks
into legions of Rumis.
The slightest cry
from an aching heart
shatters all the veils.
If only people knew,
of all the love
bursting forth
in an aching heart,
they would line up
in the hope
that they could taste
but one of its tears.
If only people knew…
I’ve gotten permission from Dr. Alan Godlas (Abdul Haqq), who is a professor at the University of Georgia for Islamic and Sufi studies, to repost his Facebook postings on Islam and Sufism. All translations are done by Abdul Haqq Godlas unless otherwise noted.