You have two hands, two legs, and two eyes.
But if your heart and the Beloved are also two,
what good is that?
You call out, I am the lover,
But these are mere words.
If you see lover and Beloved as two,
you either have double vision,
or you can't count.
- Rumi
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In the Arms of the Beloved
Translations by Jonathan Star
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 1997
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