January 19, 2023


 

“The ocean can be yours; why should you stop
Beguiled by dreams of evanescent dew?
The secrets of the sun are yours, but you
Content yourself with motes trapped in beams.” 


-
Farīd al-Dīn ʻAṭṭār, (1140-1220) Persian Poet
  "The Conference of the Birds"