The river's current is swift and tumultuous and so are the escape channels or creeks. But the course of love, where it exists, is different. (It dominates the mind more tumultuously), though externally it controls the lover and keeps him tight-lipped. Nay, the persons who are in love with the deep sea (i.e. Allah), are seclusion-minded (so as to remember Him, unnoticed and undisturbed). O Patron Lord! Kindly return (safely) those who have captivated my mind.
Note: The world is full of tumult, Its constructive and destructive forces are at work simultaneously. It is difficult for a man not to be swayed by them. But the love is a potential force. It creates a world in nuclous for the lover and engrosses him there in. Accordingly he becomes apathetic to his environments. He assumes any change in them as a normal feature.
عشق جو شد بحر را مانند دیگ
عشق ساید کوہ رامانند ریگ
(Roomi)
The (Divine) love causes the sea to boil (as in a cauldron). It grinds the mountain like sand.

Currents have their velocity,
rivers their speed possess-
But where there's love, a different rush
its currents do express,
And those that love fathomless ness,
are steeped in depth of thought.

Swift flow currents of river and stream, love’s current flow is unique,
Lovers of spiritual ocean are lost in meditation, lone and deep,
May God bring back those who my heart have won.

Swift is current, speedy is stream’s flow,
But where there is love the swiftness is unique,
Those, who love the deep, are lost in meditation,
O God, bring back the one, who has enthralled my heart.