Where are you, my beloved? Are you in that little
paradise, watering the flowers who look upon you
as infants look upon the breast of their mothers?
Or are you in your chamber where the shrine of
virtue has been placed in your honor, and upon
which you offer my heart and soul as sacrifice?
Or amongst the books, seeking human knowledge,
While you are repelete with heavenly wisdom?
Oh companion of my soul, where are you? Are you
praying in the temple? Or calling Nature in the
field, haven of your dreams?
Are you in the huts of the poor, consoling the
broken-hearted with the sweetness of your soul, and
filling their hands with your bounty?
You are God’s spirit everywhere;
You are stonger than the ages.
Where are you now, my other self? Are you awake in
the silence of the night? Let the clean breeze convey
to you my heart’s every beat and affection.
Are you fondling my face in your memory? That image
is no longer my own, for sorrow has dropped his
shadow on my happy countenance of the past.
Sobs have withered my eyes which reflected your beauty
and dried my lips which you sweetened with kisses.
Where are you my beloved? Do you hear my weeping
from beyond the ocean? Do you understand my need?
Do you know the greatness of my patience?
Is there any spirit in the air capable of conveying
to you the breath of this dying youth?Is there any
secret communication between angels that will carry to
you my complaint?
Where are you my beautiful star? The obscurity of life
has cast me upon its bosom;sorrow has conquered me.
sail your smile into the air;it will reach and enliven me!
breathe your fragrance into the air; it will sustain me!
Where are you, my beloved?
Oh, how great is love!
And how little am I!
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