Between joy and sorrow,
You will be torn apart,
Although what you desire tastes sweet,
Doesn’t the Beloved desire you
To be desireless?
O, the life of lovers lies in death:
You will not win the Beloved’s heart
Unless you lose your own.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008
MASNAVI I:1747-8;1751
O HEART, if you recognize any difference
Between joy and sorrow,
You will be torn apart,
Although what you desire tastes sweet,
Doesn’t the Beloved desire you
To be desireless?
O, the life of lovers lies in death:
You will not win the Beloved’s heart
Unless you lose your own.
Between joy and sorrow,
You will be torn apart,
Although what you desire tastes sweet,
Doesn’t the Beloved desire you
To be desireless?
O, the life of lovers lies in death:
You will not win the Beloved’s heart
Unless you lose your own.
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