All through eternity
Beauty unveils its exquisite form
in the solitude of nothingness;
It holds a mirror to its own face
and beholds its own beauty.
It is the knower and the known,
the seer and the seen;
No eye but its own
has ever looked upon this universe.
Every quality finds expression:
Eternity becomes the verdant field of time and space;
Love, the life-giving garden of this world.
Every branch and leaf and fruit
reveals an aspect of that perfection—
The cypress hints at majesty,
The rose gives tidings of beauty.
Whenever Beauty looks,
Love is there.
Whenever Beauty shows a rosy cheek,
Love lights its fire from that flame.
When Beauty dwells in the dark folds of night,
Love comes and finds a heart
entangled in tresses.
Beauty and Love are as body and soul.
Beauty is the mine,
Love the diamond.
They have been together
since the beginning of time—
side by side, step by step.
— Rumi
















































































