Love has nothing to do with
the five senses and the six directions:
its goal is only to experience
the attraction exerted by the Beloved.
Afterwards, perhaps, permission
will come from God:
the secrets that ought to be told with be told
with an eloquence nearer to the understanding
that these subtle confusing allusions.
The secret is partner with none
but the knower of the secret:
in the skeptic’s ear
the secret is no secret at all.
The theme of this poem is about love. Love is a relationship between two person that has no secret between them. In this poem, it’s telling us that love isn’t about the five senses. It’s about the experience of you and your beloved one instead. Then the poem is telling us that there will be no secret between two lovers. The secrets must be told to each other. The secret is no secret at all means that both lovers must be open about their secret and tell the secrets to the person they love. So in the end it won’t be called a secret anymore. So I think that this poem is trying to communicate to us that to experience a love relationship, we would have to be free from all secrets.
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