Number 20: And He Also Said

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Number 20: And He Also Said

Surely this tree is cursed, for it bears nothing but sorrow as its fruit. Yet I feel drawn close to this tree, just as Adam was drawn close to the forbidden tree.
Explanation: The 'tree' echoes the forbidden tree of Eden; the poet's attraction to something that brings only grief mirrors Adam's fatal nearness to it.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۲۰ - و قال ایضاً

نیست معلونه مگر این شجره که بجز غصه ندارد ثمره
قربت این شجره هست مرا همچو بر آدم قرب شجره