by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1207 - 1273)
Translation Singable translation by Coleman Barks (1937 - 2026)
In your light I learn how to love
Language: English after the Persian (Farsi)
In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest, where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Coleman Barks (1937 - 2026) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1207 - 1273) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Parisa Sabet (b. 1980), no title, 2014 [ soprano and piano ], from Dance in your Blood, no. 2
Score: Plangere Editions [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-10-27
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Word count: 34