Longing of the Soul

This longing is something that poets and philosophers throughout time have tried to make sense of, to put to words, to catalog and make sense of. Longing for love, acceptance, a place, a person, a god, and more. What do you long for? What have you found that gives voice to that longing?

Irish: yearning, longing: Tn?th??nach, mianchumhach
Scottish: longing, melancholy desire: cianalas, fadachd, iarraidh, ionndrainn, miann

Tell me, men of learning, what is Longing made from?
What cloth was put in it that it does not wear out with me?
Gold wears out, silver wears out, velvet wears out, silk wears out,
every ample garment wears out - yet Longing does not wear out.
Great Longing, cruel Longing is breaking my heart every day;
when I sleep most sound at night Longing comes and wakes me.
~Excerpt from an old Cymric (Welsh) poem