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.
Original · Persian
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