M5:2015 — منبلم بی‌زخم ناساید تنم / عاشقم بر زخمها بر می‌تنم

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.