Love by Rumi

Recently, I began to notice beautiful poems by Rumi, a famous Iranian/Turkish poet.

I just love his poems about love... just as they spoke to my hearts...

Listen to the sound of the reed

Listen to its plaintive notes,

For, ever since it was cut off from the reed-bed

It has been telling the tale of separation.

I want a heart torn by separation

That I may unfold to such a one

The pain of love...

For everyone who is separated far

From his source

Wishes back the time when he were one with it.

-Rumi-

If you feel any desire for me, then say so.
If you live without love, alone, I want to know.
If your heart holds a place for me, then say so.
Say if it 's so, or say no, but tell me the truth.

#1582, from Rumi's Kolliyaat-e Shams-e Tabrizi