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Most blest that happy one whose gaze intense Rests on such face at each successive morn; The drunk with wine at midnight may his sense Regain; but not till the last day shall dawn Will love’s intoxication reach its bourne.
Source Gulistan, Chapter V —, §5 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Saadi, in the Gulistan (“The Rose Garden”), the intoxication of wine fades in the middle of the night, but the intoxication of love lasts until the last day: true love does not die out. Today, look at a beloved face as if you were discovering it this morning, and tell that person a simple word that expresses your attachment.
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