that great wrenching-sweet longing

When

The words stop

And you can endure the silence

That reveals your heart's

Pain

Of emptiness

Or that great wrenching-sweet longing,

That is the time to try and listen

To what the Beloved's

Eyes

Most want

To

Say.

[Hafiz {Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī} {Ḥāfeẓ} {1325-1390}, 'When You Can Endure', from The Gift]