The lover who saved his beloved from drowning (excerpt from Conference of the Birds by Attar)
Written @ 5:02 p.m. on 2007-06-28
A girl fell in a river-- in a flash Her lover dived in with a mighty splash, And fought the current till he reached her side. When they were safe again, the poor girl cried: "By chance I tumbled in, but why should you Come after me and hazard your life too?" He said: "I dived because the difference Of 'I' and 'you' to lovers makes no sense -- A long time passed when we were separate, But now that we have reached this single state When you are me and I am wholly you, What use is it to talk of us as two?" All talk of two implies plurality-- When two has gone there will be Unity.
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