Fakhruddin 'Iraqi - Love Quotes

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Love plays its lute behind the screen —
where is a lover to listen to its tune?

Fakhruddin 'Iraqi

Before this there was one heart
but a thousand thoughts
Now all is reduced to
"There is no love but Love."

Fakhruddin 'Iraqi

I am Love: in heaven and earth I have no place;
I am the Wondrous Phoenix whose spoor cannot be traced.

Fakhruddin 'Iraqi

Since we have quaffed
the beaker of Thy love, we yield our hearts
and make our Lives Thy ransom: since we come
again into Thy street, we turn our backs
on all that is, save Thee. Our souls are bound
to serve Thee, though in grief, and we have died
to selfhood! We are captives of Thy love
and have not strength to flee. Thy beauty's fever
has lit a flame: shall not our hearts be burned?

Fakhruddin 'Iraqi

The world has spilled Love's secret —
when could music ever hold its tongue?
Every atom babbles the mystery —
Listen yourself, for I'm no tattletale!

Fakhruddin 'Iraqi

Love the phoenix cannot be trapped
nor in heaven or earth can it be named;
no one has yet discovered its address:
its desert holds not a single footprint.

Fakhruddin 'Iraqi