The Conference of the Birds - FARID UD-DIN ATTAR, the Persian mystic-poet Welcome, dear partridge – how you strut with pride So fiercely jealous of your liberty? Your lure is love, and when the jess is tied, Submit, and be for ever satisfied. Give up the intellect for love and see In So fiercely jealous of your liberty? Break nature’s frame, be resolute and brave, Then rest at peace in Unity’s black cave. Rejoice in that close, undisturbed dark air Break nature’s frame, be resolute and brave,
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