You that have not loved                                                          ~ Rumi

You that have not loved

O faithful

Of madness,

What know you?

You that have not danced

In the flames,

Of the moth,

What know you?

The cup of my being

Overflows with sorrow's wine

You laughing

Pass on by

Of the measure,

What know you?

Succession of the insane

Are mesmerized by His gaze

Oblivious of the magic

Of that tale

What know you?

Drunk on the wine of love

I have forgotten many repentance

O Believer, cut not my way,

Of the tavern what know you?

Fall in love and drink up

Leave all else behind

Worshiper of no idol

Of that house of idols

What know you?

You kiss the black rock

And I, that of dark-some eyes

All is of one intent

Of distinctions

What know you?

Give yourself up to servitude

Expire at your idol’s feet

You that have not lived

Of the Living

What know you?

Waste not away the night

With utterances on your lips

And a heart bereft of His way

Of that drunken madness

What know you?

© 2013 Translated by Kourosh Bahar