I would like to share with you a little romantic love poem I discovered some years ago. I sort of like it, because in my opinion it differs a little from other love poems. You literally feel the electrifying intensity. It moves you to depths you never knew about.
Of course, beauty is always in the eye of the beholder they say, but this love poem conveys a certain truth we all know or hope it exists, and we all long for having it in our lives. It gives us a short glance how life should be: sweet and passionate.
To me personally, the following poem is the most romantic love poem of all romantic love poems.
Wait a minute, you might think. Why does Eddie Corbano show me such a poem, beautiful or not? Hey, this wouldn’t be a LovesAGame article if there would be nothing to learn from it, right?
Now, after reading the poem below, I want you to ask yourself the following: have I ever felt in such a way? Do I have a fundamental understanding what this poem is about? What is my concept of feeling love?
Furthermore, if you are in a fulfilling relationship, I want you to let this love poem elevate you to a new level of passion and sensibility. Read this poem together with your partner and find together the truth in it for you.
If you are currently in a long distance relationship, send your love this poem by letter or email along with some personal words from you.
If you are suffering from a recent divorce or break up, let this short love poem remind you that it still exists. It’s still out there waiting for you to find it. It’s certainly not dead.
So obviously I’m sharing this with you for three reasons:
So, no more talking, here it is the most romantic of all short love poems, enjoy:
Looking For Your Face
From the beginning of my life
I have been looking for your face
but today I have seen itToday I have seen
the charm, the beauty,
the unfathomable grace
of the face
that I was looking forToday I have found you
and those who laughed
and scorned me yesterday
are sorry that they were not looking
as I didI am bewildered by the magnificence
of your beauty
and wish to see you
with a hundred eyesMy heart has burned with passion
and has searched forever
for this wondrous beauty
that I now beholdI am ashamed
to call this love human
and afraid of God
to call it divineYour fragrant breath
like the morning breeze
has come to the stillness of the garden
You have breathed new life into me
I have become your sunshine
and also your shadowMy soul is screaming in ecstasy
Every fiber of my being
is in love with youYour effulgence
has lit a fire in my heart
for me
the earth and skyMy arrow of love
has arrived at the target
I am in the house of mercy
and my heart
is a place of prayer
Beautiful, isn’t it?
This is Rumis “Looking for your face”. There is also a remarkable recitation along with some awesome music (look out for track 14): A Gift Of Love. Check it out.
Your friend,
Eddie Corbano
Eddie Corbano is Eddie Corbano is a breakup-coach and relationship-advisor who himself suffered from a devastating break up in 1998. Since then, he dedicated his life to helping others getting the best of this existential experience. The overcoming of a break up is an important step to autonomy and independency. Eddie Corbano developed some new coaching programs, which focus on evolving inner strength and the power to set and reach any personal goal. (Article written on June 7th, 2007)
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I once looked into her face, it was her, the one. She is now gone, I am alone & slip sliding away. I have to close my eyes and there she is, I feel the way now that I felt then, what a blessing to feel that, the most wonderful part of our lifes. LOVE….. Now and Forever!
yuck. the cheese factor is a bit much, i do love my wife and 1/2 this poem just sucks. plus if you are atheist the whole god things ruins it…
shawn
I agree with Shawn. It’s just too cheesy. In my opinion, one of the best short poems for a ldr is Merwin’s Separation:
Your absence has gone through me
Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color.
Agree with kate&shawn , too cheesy and full of worn-out valentine´s day slogans.
kate´s one hit more closer to home concerning the type of poetry i like.
I agree that the poem is cheesy and obvious. My favorite:
If I had a single flower for every time I think about you,
I could walk forever in my garden.
Claudia Ghandi
Cheesy or not, I like it! It’s good to read something simple and brought to the point! Besides, everybody’s taste is different!
Wow, you guys know some nice poetry. I like the short ones, but I have to admit I like the one in the article too!
Is there really something like “too cheesy” where love is concerned? Sometimes your feelings just flow sweet and overwhelming like honey so that the next day you even ask yourself if that was too much. But in the right moment it’s never too much!! And sometimes you need more than two lines to express your feelings…
Carter, Kate and Will,
very nice poetry, indeed. Thank you for posting it!
The poem in the article is from Rumi, a 13th Century brilliant Persian mystic who is now one of the most widely read poets in America.
Your friend,
Eddie
Well I am hopeless romantic and just fell in love with poem. Now that’s poetry. I’d have to agree with Amar, we all do have our own unique taste!!
I would like to send this poem to someone who I love and still haven’t start a relationship with me yet. I have this feeling for her.
Just for poetry sake…this is absolutely breathtaking. It is so full of emotion, you can just imagine that is behind it. So much feeling and love. Just to be able to give that to someone you love….says a whole lot about your feelings for them!
Beautiful.
The author has a way with words, indeed. The poem evokes a certain emotion that makes me cry for a lost true love. I like the poem.
If you love this poem, then I think that you will love the CD/album of the same title. You can listen to it at http://www.thesenses.net
Peace and love.
Rumi Dave
Dave,
thanks for sharing, wonderful musical interpretation of the poem. Jazz is my kind of music
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Amen & Kudos to Eddie and the 13th Century!!!!
Opinions are All a matter of Human Perspective!!!! What IS, is Now in the Moment, be OK with it!!!!
Fantavulas, simply saying - i am out of words. so long i am looking for such a site & also for such a poem. THANKS
thank you for that i can feel my bf now
Beautiful poem!
True love, real love - love - is cheesier than the cheesiest of all cheesies; those who truly love understand this, and will not use the words ‘love’ and ‘cheesy’ in one sentence. When it comes to love, too much is never enough.
I get it, Eddie, thank you for sharing this great love poem!
Best regards,
ilovelove
There is a poem that has touched me much like this one- It is from the movie “Somewhere in time” It is called….
Is it you?
“The man of my dreams has almost faded now.
The one I have created in my mind.
The sort of man each woman dreams of in the deepest
and most secret reaches of her heart.
I can almost see him now before me.
What would I say to him, if he were really here?
Forgive me, I have never known this feeling . . .
I’ve lived without it all my life.
Is it any wonder, then, that I failed to
recognize you?
You . . . who brought it to me for the first time.
Is there any way I can tell you how my life has changed?
Any way at all to let you know what sweetness you have given me?
There is so much to say . . . I cannot find the words.
Except for these. . .
I love you.
Such would I say to him,
. . . if he were really here.”
Hi Dori,
Thank you very much for sharing this beautiful poem, I like it very much.
It makes me realize that in fact everyone of us have this “perfect lover in our dreams”…
Eddie
SONNET XVII
I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
Or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
In secret, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that never blooms but carries in
Itself the light of hidden flowers;
Thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
Risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
So I love you because I know no other way than this
Where “I” does not exist, nor “you”,
So close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
So close that when you close your eyes I fall asleep.
Pablo Neruda
this poem made me cry so much
@ Ade
Thank you for that wonderful poem.
I was always a big fan of Neruda, he always gets to the core of things…
this poem was not the best but it was good. it had its meaning to it.
so i give u like 8 1/2
keep up the good work.
And sometimes we lose. Here is my poem for my love. Any of you who understand it, please enjoy it.
You Never Knew
When we met, I knew you
but you did not know
why I (of all) should be
so moved; you made me
catch my breath as though
my heart were lanced
I was an enigma coming
when for you fleeing was
the only thing to do -
as facing all the pain just
could not be; so much to
flee! and resolution far away
More flight, and yet love
still eludes you, as smoke
you run to catch the wind
never stopping long enough
to see your face reflected in
the dew of God’s tears
One day you may
with time and tide
become what you really
are inside. That “you”
I saw and can no more
forget than stop my heart
C= 2008
@Peter -
Hi Peter,
Thank you very much for posting your poem, I like it very much.
Take care,
Eddie
very beautifull,and thx for god that i found this site and i read this poem,i say for my gf,and after some day will be marriage:>:>:>:>llol!but not only from the pome will be maried and she love me too
my favorite poem.
Even after all this time, the sun never says to earth, “you owe me”.
Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky.
Poetry can be cheesy or boring or Amazing in anyone’s eyes but every poet and person who writes poems write for a reason. and every line has an explanation. cheesy is a formality that people use because they’ve heard it to much. but life isnt forever and words cant just dissapear nore be created differently. the heart is a dellicate and ruthless essence in my eyes. if treated and used right life can become complete but if handle wrong you get a scar of pain but with that scar you learn and should move on with the fact that you are granted with life. although i am young i’ve learned a great deal of love and realized many things. this poem and any poem with a persons true feelings in it will always get me.
A night of thunder and rain
I am crying with pain
My mind starts hurting
After my heart is done flirting
I walk outside
With death on my side
As I look up at the raging crying sky
Wanting to fry
My heart is in two
I don’t know what’s true
I add to the earth my own rain
Without any strain
I look back
Right on track
Then I look now
I ask how?
I said to one side of my heart
I don’t want to depart
But it was to late
There goes our fate.
But then the other side
Comes in with pride
Beautiful by fate
Wonderful by trait
It starts taking over
I was lucky as a clover
Happy by sunrise
Sad by moons rise
I wish life could be easier
But that couldn’t be cheesier
Defending myself against suicide
I hold it with pride
One day life will be better
As I write this letter
Take me for who I am
And ill take you for a ham
a poem i wrote when my gf broke up with me
@Carter - Isn’t it rather vain to see someone and decide that it’s love solely based on appearance? That’s lust. I love. It’s more than just seeing a pretty person. You have to know someone. You can be attracted, and grow to love them more as you know them better. It’s not instant, and it’s just not about looks. It’s so much bigger than that.
EVERY THING IS VERY GOOD THANKS
hay thank u so much for sharing that wounderful heart worming poem to ever one hope ever one els injoed the amazing poem, to me it wos so meaningful i wish there were more people who care of sharing there thorts the way u did thank u love katina
it is not easy to breaking up to your love because it hurts so much. letting him/her go is not easy to do. in that memories that you have in your whole life with him. please help me to find Mr. Right.
I am a dancer in a company and this year we are doing a dance to this poem. There are 5 couples and most of the choreography is done on the floor. (It is very intimate) It is just a man reciting the poem with light music in the backround. It’s lovely.
There are no words to espress my feelings of love for my man…all words only penetrate the surface of how I truly love him.Its my belief that true love cannot be expressed in words.
But you can definately see it in my eyes and smile
@Matt -
that is a beautiful poem
How do I love thee?
I cannot count the ways.
As your beauty is much more
Than mere words could ever say.
@juli -
Thank you!
You should listen to it in Persian. That’s where its real beauty lies.
@Peter - Hey Peter its Amber i would like 2 talk 2 u bout this poem u wrote im leaving u my e-mail address so we can talk. (ahargrove07@yahoo.com)
@Alexander -
Favourite too <3
for my love I cannot even express the love that I feel for him…my writings only touch the surface of my heart that he now owns.
Writing him a poem is nearly impossible because this love cannot be expressed with words.
But you can feel it.
A wonderful phenominal out of this world feeling.
And as I said….one that cannot be explained.