My face was bitter like pickles,since it became separated from the sweet one
Be silent, for sugared almonds and sweetmeat with almonds are engaged in prayer: the one offers the prayer, the halva says 'Amen'.
Sprinkle some salt on the roasting heart...
In this snow I do kiss her lips-
for snow and sugar keep the heart fresh.
--after Rumi.
Many guests do I have at my table, but I await the arrival of my friend. In the kitchen I have prepared many sweet dishes, but without her they taste bitter. Much has been burnt...bring me some wine, saki.
It is said: when the Emperor of China dies the porcelain lets down her hair. But when the porcelian lets down her hair, the Emperor dies. These words reach us from a distant land, a strange corner of the universe and are twisted and knotted like your hair in the morning. How strange..it was straight at night!
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