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Longing after love is lost has its own specific texture — not grief exactly, not anger, but a persistent ache. Pablo Neruda, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Federico García Lorca, Amrita Pritam, Mirza Ghalib.
“My tears are the Tigris and Euphrates, flowing for the lost beloved.
“And ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
“She was full of a past the future could not reach.
“Beloved, your absence is a desert, my heart a thirsty wanderer within.
“You were not a phase. You were an entire library of books.
“Love is so short, forgetting is so long.
“I wasn’t in love with her anymore, but I was still in love with the idea of her.
“How can joy visit a soul whose beloved is gone forever?
“Love is a thing full of anxious fears.
“We are all condemned to love someone who doesn't love us.
“Love, that in gentle heart is quickly learned, seized him for the fair form that was taken from me.
“If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
“Do not love me just when you miss me. Love me when you don't.
“There is no peace for me, and I am not at war; I fear and hope; I burn and am a mass of ice.
“What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.
“There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.
“A man's life is nothing without the love of those around him.
“The most terrible of all feelings is the feeling of having hope, without hope.
“She was so weary of life, of love, of everything.
“I have thousands of desires, each worth dying for; many have been fulfilled, yet I yearn for more.