By رابعة العدوية

I only knew of love since I found love of you,
So I shut my heart to all that is except you

So I stood whispering to you who sees,
All hearts secrets, and yet none sees you

I love you by love two, one love of desire,
And a love that is wholly deserving of you

So as for that love which desires of you,
It keeps me with remembering only of you

And as for that love deserving of you,
It lifts all veils till I do see you

And mine isn’t praise for this or that,
But true praise is yours for this one and that

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