XIII: If I say aught regarding separation, what shall…

If I say aught regarding separation, what shall I say?
Of this agony, without a remedy, what shall I say?

I have no power to breathe in the dear one's presence:
Since I have no power, powerless, what shall I say?

When I gaze upon her, I forget myself entirely--
When I know nothing of myself, what then shall I say?

Of the state of my own heart, unto her I cannot speak--
Of that, without name or vestige, what shall I say?

Of love's mystery, that hitherto no one hath explained--
Of the inexplicable and indescribable, what shall I say?

I am o'erwhelm'd in tears, through grief for my beloved--
Concerning such a flood as this, what then shall I say?

I, who have sunk down upon the furnace of separation--
Of the rose-bower of conjunction, what shall I say?

She plundereth one of life and goods, and stealeth the heart--
Regarding such a heart-ravisher, what then shall I say?

He calleth the crows, and driveth the nightingale from the garden--
Of the gardener of this world, what then shall I say?

She is still far better than all that I can explain--
What then of the loved-one shall I, Rahman, say?