Countless people in this world have loved
Who says their sentiments were not true?
But they had not the means to advertise their love
Because they were, like you and I, impoverished
My beloved they too would have loved
Whose skill has blessed it with form and beauty
Memorials to their love remain unnamed, unmarked
Ne’er a soul did light a lamp on them
This garden, the bank of Yamuna, palaces
These exquisite walls, these domes, these arches
An emperor, shored up by his wealth
Has made a mockery of our poor people’s love
My beloved, we shall meet some other place
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In the Bible, the heart is used as a metaphor to refer to the moral core of a human being including the intellect and not just the emotion. This intellect along with emotions brings out many thoughts... Soul (spirit, rooah, nefesh) is the ethereal substance, particular to a unique living being. Recognizing the profound interconnection of the heart and soul is mind...
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