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I am caught in Love's web so deceitful
None of my endeavors turn fruitful.
I knew not when I rode the high-blooded stead
The harder I pulled its reins the less it would heed.
Love is an ocean with such a vast space
No wise man can swim it in any place.
A true lover should be faithful till the end
And face life's reprobated trend.
When you see things hideous, fancy them neat,
Eat poison, but taste sugar sweet
Rabi'a Balkhi (Dari Poet)
Yag roz didi dost. Degare roz didi bridar.
(The first day you meet, you are friends. The next day you meet, you are brothers.)
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Left: Standing ram, the 1st century AD., Gold.
Right: Hermes pillar, Ai Khanum, Gymnasium, 2nd century BC., Limestone
National Museum of Afghanistan