Rumi
I want a heart
whose chest
has been sliced up,
deeply cut,
by separation,
so to it
I can
explain
the pain
of yearning!
سينه خواهم شرحه شرحه از فراق
تا بگویم شرح درد اشتياق
Sineh khwaham sharhe sharhe az firaq
ta be-guyam sharh-e dard-e ishtiyaq!
From the preface to the Masnavi.
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.