<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=458924" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>This Will Not Win Him</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Reason says,<br>I will win him with my eloquence.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Love says,<br>I will win him with my silence.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Soul says,<br>How can I ever win him<br>When all I have is already his?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He does not want, he does not worry,<br>He does not seek a sublime state of euphoria -<br>How then can I win him<br>With sweet wine or gold? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He is not bound by the senses -<br>How then can I win him<br>With all the riches of China?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He is an angel,<br>Though he appears in the form of a man.<br>Even angels cannot fly in his presence -<br>How then can I win him<br>By assuming a heavenly form?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He flies on the wings of God,<br>His food is pure light -<br>How then can I win him<br>With a loaf of baked bread?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He is neither a merchant, nor a tradesman -<br>How then can I win him<br>With a plan of great profit?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He is not blind, nor easily fooled -<br>How then can I win him<br>By lying in bed as if gravely ill?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I will go mad, pull out my hair,<br>Grind my face in the dirt -<br>How will this win him?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He sees everything -<br>how can I ever fool him?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He is not a seeker of fame,<br>A prince addicted to the praise of poets -<br>How then can I win him<br>With flowing rhymes and poetic verses?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The glory of his unseen form<br>Fills the whole universe<br>How then can I win him<br>With a mere promise of paradise?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I may cover the earth with roses,<br>I may fill the ocean with tears,<br>I may shake the heavens with praises -<br>none of this will win him.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There is only one way to win him,<br>this Beloved of mine -</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Become his.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Rumi">Rumi</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=458924" data-title="This Will Not Win Him de Rumi" data-description="Reason says, I will win him with my eloquence. Love says, I will win him with my silence. Soul says, How can I ever win him When all I have is already his? He does not want, he does not worry, He does not seek a sublime state of euphoria - How ..."></div> </div> </div>

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