A Soul Ablaze with Love

Fakhruddin Iraqi, a 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic, is known for his deeply passionate and spiritual poetry. His verses often explore the transformative power of love, where the seeker loses all sense of self and becomes one with the beloved. In this ghazal, he describes how love has consumed him, making him weightless like the wind, burning him in its fire, and leaving him restless yet blissful in its embrace. The poem beautifully captures the ecstatic surrender of the soul to love’s overwhelming force.

🌿 Your love has cast me far beyond myself,

Like a wandering breeze, free from all else.

💫 With longing for you, I’ve burned in fire’s glow,

The heat of your gaze turned my heart to smoke below.

✨ What secret lies within your spellbinding sight?

For with or without you, I find joy in my plight.

🌙 The moment your name graced my lips with delight,

My soul fled from me, and you became my light.