Pathos of love

O Pathos of Love! You are a glossy pearl

Beware, you should not appear among strangers

The theatre of your display is concealed under the veil

The modern audience' eye accepts only the visible display

New breeze has arrived in the Existence' garden

O Pathos of Love! Now there is no pleasure in display

Beware! You should not be striving for ostentation!

You should not be obligated to the nightingale's lament!

The tulip's wine-cup should be devoid of wine

The dew's tear should be a mere drop of water

Your secret should be hidden in the bosom somewhere

Your heart -melting tear should not be your betrayer

The flowery-styled poet's tongue should not be talking

Separation's complaint should not be concealed in flute's music

This age is a critic, go and somewhere conceal yourself

In the heart in which you are residing conceal yourself

The learning's surprise is neglecting you, beware!

Your immature eye is not the seeker of Truth, beware

Let the elegant thought remain in search of Truth

Let your wisdom-loving eye remain in astonishment

This is not the garden whose spring you may be

This is not the audience worthy of your appearance

This audience is the lover of the material sights

The purpose of your sight is the closet of secrecy

Every heart is intoxicated with the wine of thinking

Something different is the ñër of the Kalâms 2 of this age

Explanatory Notes1. The present day scientific knowledge has revealed many things which astonish mankind. In these circumstances love, specially Divine Love is a nebulous concept to most people and does not seem to produce any tangible results, on account of which it is neglected by them.2. Nur of Kalam Alludes to Moses and his conversation with God on the Mount  Moses was attracted to Mount Tur by his sub-conscious Longing to see God. That Longing is lacking in the present day so called seekers of the Truth. Moses was sub-consciously attracted to the MountO Longing for Sight! How strong your attraction was