Looking For Your Face

From the beginning of my life
I have been looking for your face
but today I have seen it
Today I have seen
the charm, the beauty,
the unfathomable grace
of the face
that I was looking for
Today I have found you
and those who laughed
and scorned me yesterday
are sorry that they were not looking
as I did
I am bewildered by the magnificence
of your beauty
and wish to see you
with a hundred eyes
My heart has burned with passion
and has searched forever
for this wondrous beauty
that I now behold
I am ashamed
to call this love human
and afraid of God
to call it divine
Your fragrant breath
like the morning breeze
has come to the stillness of the garden
You have breathed new life into me
I have become your sunshine
and also your shadow
My soul is screaming in ecstacy
Every fiber of my being
is in love with you
Your efflugence
has lit a fire in my heart
for me
the earth and sky
My arrow of love
has arrived at the target
I am in the house of mercy
and my heart
is a place of prayer

~Author: Rumi

Comments

  1. p swarna kumar

    June 13, 2013

    ha,ha yes truth..me too same feeling.dearest…

  2. GARY B ELLIS

    June 13, 2013

    Beautiful poem thanks Jend. It truly has feeling. Lol friend.
    Hope u r well today.

  3. Ashok Kumar

    June 13, 2013

    Hello Ms. Jendhamuni Sos
    Hope you are doing good and happy

  4. Roger Kerr

    June 14, 2013

    It is a beautiful poem. I felt it touch me when I read it. Thank You for sharing it with me.

  5. Adil Shah

    June 15, 2013

    v  v v v   nice    i  want  too see  u

  6. praveen mani

    June 16, 2013

    hi   v v v v v v v v v v v  nice  beautiful  thank  you ):):):):):)

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