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THE DESIRES: Gay themes in the Nizami writings

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  5 Hours of Divine Sufi Meditation – The Mystical Healing of Rumi’s Spirit   Layla and Majnun: 10 best lines    NIZAMI ON MEN  AND THEIR DESIRES  Interpretation of English translations by Michael Novakhov  Dedicated to my dear friends  Eldarchik Eldarov and Yurochka Rubashenko:  I have lost you, you slipped away through my fingers. The pain of this loss is even more unbearable 54 years later.  I love you even more now, having  realized  What I have lost:  The heart of my life.  The mystery set up by men and Gods  Runs deep.  Our souls communicate.  That's how I feel.  “ Free is a man who has no desires. ” —  Nizami Ganjavi Your body is a silver cup  I hold,  Your wine I thirst, y our lovely wine I drink  Your beauty is Godly,  Your beauty is God.  He looks at you, his creation,  And falls in love with you Himself,  Through Majnun eyes  My Soul is trappe...