Number 4

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Number 4

If my eye thirsts for the sight of you, that sight is not far off; like a pearl, it can only be raised in bitter, salty water. For the mystics, who are like bubbles in the sea of being, there is not a single moment when the house of the heart is not alive with longing for your love.
Explanation: The pearl forming in salty water is a classic image: precious things grow only through hardship. The bubble on the sea suggests the fleeting nature of existence within the vast ocean of love.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۴

دیده ام گر تشنه دیدار باشد دور نیست تربیت او را چو گوهر جز در آب شور نیست
عارفان را لحظه‌ای در بحر هستی چون حباب خانه دل در هوای عشق او معمور نیست