Here is a quote from Rumi’s poem “I choose to love you in silence,” in the original Persian:

من تصمیم می گیرم تو را در سکوت دوست داشته باشم

Which is translated as:

I choose to love you in silence

Rumi’s longing and desire to attain this ideal is evident in the following poem from his book the Masnavi:^[63]

مُردم از حیوانی و آدم شدم