《要是沒有摯愛》/魯米

當玫瑰凋零，花園敗謝後，

就再也聽不到夜鶯的歌聲。

摯愛是一切，愛者只是面紗。

摯愛是活力，愛者只是死灰。

如果愛意沒有變深，

愛者就會像無依靠的雛鳥，那樣無助，

就會像失去了翅膀的飛鳥，那樣可憐。

摯愛像晨光，摯愛是光明。

沒有晨光我怎麼醒來?

沒有光明我怎麼看見？

愛說，不能沒有摯愛。

肖林振/譯

When the rose is gone and the garden faded

you will no longer hear the nightingales song.

The Beloved is all; the lover just a veil.

The Beloved is living; the lover a dead thing.

If love withholds its strengthening care,

the lover is left like a bird without care,

the lover is left like a bird without wings.

How will I be awake and aware

if the light of the Beloved is absent?

Love wills that this Word be brought forth.

Mathnawi I, 23-31