Read› Daftar 5› Explanation of the unity of lover and beloved from the perspective of reality, even though they are opposites in that need is the opposite of independence, just as a mirror is formless and plain, and formlessness is the opposite of form. But there is a unity between them in reality, the explanation of which is long, and for the wise, a hint suffices.› beyt 2015
M5:2015 — منبلم بیزخم ناساید تنم / عاشقم بر زخمها بر میتنم
M5:2015
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Majnun declares that his physical being, accustomed to suffering, only finds peace through affliction, because he is so deeply enamored with the pain itself that he actively seeks it out.
This couplet is spoken by Majnun, the archetypal lover in Persian literature, during a conversation with a bloodletter (fassaad). The fassaad intends to bleed Majnun to relieve his fever, but Majnun resists, not out of fear of pain, but for a profounder reason. Here, Majnun explains his unique relationship with suffering: he is an 'invalid' (munbal), meaning his body has become so accustomed to wounds and pain that it finds no true rest without them. He doesn't merely tolerate pain; he loves it and actively 'offers himself' to it. This seemingly paradoxical statement sets the stage for his subsequent refusal to be bled, which is not due to cowardice but to his fear of harming Layli, with whom he feels an absolute unity.
- منبلم
- I am an invalid; one whose body is accustomed to wounds or illness.
- ناساید
- does not rest, does not find peace.
- بر میتنم
- I offer myself, I present myself (to them).
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