If someone
asks me
to describe
the Beloved,
what
can one
who has lost
her heart
say
about the Traceless?!
The lovers
have been slain
by the Beloved;
from the slain
no sound
can come.
(Sa’di, Rosegarden, translated by A. Godlas)
گر کسی وصف او زمن پرسد
بى دل ز بى نشان چه گوید
عاشقان كشتگان معشوق اند
بر نیآيد زكشتگان آواز

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.