Kingdom Of The Broken-Hearted Lovers

Here someone is hidden
who has taken hold of me
and does not let me go.
Here someone is hidden
softer than the soul
who led me to the garden of spirit
and made me homeless.
Here someone is hidden
a radiant face as delicate and fleeting
as the ephemeral moment before sleep.
Here someone is hidden
like sweetness in sugar cane,
an invisible magician who has captured my soul.
Hidden somewhere inside, my beloved
and I have dissolved in each other.
No beauty in the world can ever tempt me
for I see only the face of my Beloved.
Tired and in pain I searched the world for help
until I found in love the cure for my pain.
Here someone hidden whispered:
“Pass beyond your tears and
you will see the broken-hearted lovers
are the lords in heaven.”
Here someone hidden
appeared holding love’s wine
and to him I’ve given all my vows.

From ‘The Essential Rumi’, Translations by Coleman Barks with John Moyne