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Jun 2023
We've only just left
or I'm already longing to return
My life is an unpredictable journey

always on the same roads
The familiar road stations gleam
at a distance, purer than on the spot:

valleys of love, wonder, and knowledge
which I love to visit, and excitedly
      
leave quickly at the ******
of the bells of the caravan
of my needs
      
I wander between their oases
Only in the void do I find
what my soul yearns for
Ghazal 1 by Khwaje Shams-od-Din Mohammed "Hafez"-e (Shiraz 1320-1390)

"Mantiq al-tayr" ("Conference of the Birds", 1177, Abu Hamid bin abu Bakr Ibrahim / Farid ud-Din / Attar of Nishapur (1145-1221)

Collection "Lilith's Powers" #53
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