Jāygāh-i zībāyī dar 'ālam-i hunar: Persiska (Farsi) 1400

What ignites the spark and flame of my desire is nothing but beauty itself, neither inner beauty nor soul beauty, maybe not even a pair of eyes, a face or a body, at a picture, a half glance, an opinion, or a State, characteristics that are both physical and spiritual. Consider them as separate verses of a poem, fragments of a great work, which do not promise much but do not speak much and are sometimes cruelly deceptive. And in none of these cases is my judgment that you are beautiful a judgment that is the same as a spark of desire, something like a philosophical judgment. My judgment is not about what I have learned and experienced so far, but about what I hope to learn and experience in the future. This is a manifestation of my need to have passionate sexual, psychological, and moral companionship with another person, a need that cannot be met through philosophical reflection.