Reason says, “ I will beguile him with the tongue.”; Love says, <br />“Be silent. I will beguile him with the soul.” <br />The soul says to the heart, “Go, do not laugh at me and yourself. <br />What is there that is not his, that I may beguile him <br />thereby?” <br />He is not sorrowful and anxious and seeking oblivion that I <br />may beguile him with wine and a heavy measure. <br />The arrow of his glance needs not a bow that I should beguile <br />the shaft of his gaze with a bow. <br />He is not prisoner of the world, fettered to this world of earth, <br />that I should beguile him with gold of the kingdom of the world. <br />He is an angel, though in form he is a man; he is not lustful <br />that I should beguile him with women. <br />Angels start away from the house wherein this form is, so how <br />should I beguile him with such a form and likeness? <br />He does not take a flock of horses, since he flies on wings; his <br />food is light, so how should I beguile him with bread? <br />He is not a merchant and trafficker in the market of the world <br />that I should beguile him with enchantment of grain and loss. <br />He is not veiled that I should make myself out sick and utter <br />sighs, to beguile him with lamentation. <br />I will bind my head and bow my head, for I have got out of <br />hand; I will not beguile his compassion with sickness or fluttering. <br />Hair by hair he sees my crookedness and feigning; what’s <br />hidden from him that I should beguile him with anything hidden. <br />He is not a seeker of fame, a prince addicted to poets, that I <br />should beguile him with verses and lyrics and flowing poetry. <br />The glory of the unseen form is too great for me to beguile it <br />with blessing or Paradise. <br />Shams-e Tabriz, who is his chosen and beloved–perchance I <br />will beguile him with this same pole of the age.<br /><br />Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-will-beguile-him-with-the-tongue/
