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Poem XXXVIII

1Happy the moment when we are seated in the palace, thou and I,With two forms and with two figures but with one soul, thou and I.

2The colours of the grove and the voice of the birds will bestow immortalityAt the time when we come into the garden, thou and I.

3The stars of heaven will come to gaze upon us;We shall show them the moon itself, thou and I.

4Thou and I, individuals no more, shall be mingled in ecstasy,Joyful, and secure from foolish babble, thou and I.

5All the bright-plumed birds of heaven will devour their hearts with envyIn the place where we shall laugh in such a fashion, thou and I.

6This is the greatest wonder, that thou and I, sitting here in the same nook,Are at this moment both in ‘Irāq and Khorāsān, thou and I.

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