Fragment No. 2

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Fragment No. 2

If they take me to paradise without you, I would rather sew my eyes shut than look at it. This is not what God promised me: that in paradise itself I should have to burn.
Explanation: The burning in paradise is a paradox: without the beloved, even heaven feels like the fire of hell.

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قطعه شمارهٔ ۲

گر مرا بی‌تو در بهشت برند دیده از دیدنش بخواهم دوخت
کاین چنینم خدای وعده نکرد که مرا در بهشت باید سوخت