where have you gone
the settler of my soul
did you fly away
or hide in your homeas soon as you saw
the loyalty of my heart
you turned around and
flew like a birdyour vision captured
the wandering of our spirits
then away from the crowd
you journeyed in solitudeyou went away so quick
as though you were
a morning breath
carrying a flower’s aromabut you really didn’t fly away
as a bird or a breeze
you were created from God’s light
you went immersed in His glowTranslated by Nader Khalili in
“Rumi, Fountain of Fire”