If you don't arrive with a wounded heart

by Farid ud-Din Attar

English version by Sholeh Wolpé
Original Language Persian/Farsi

If you don't arrive with a wounded heart,
the Beloved's glance will pass over you.

Step into the Path, bring your branded heart,
for true lovers know each other by their scars.

-- from The Conferences of the Birds, by Attar / Translated by Sholeh Wolpé

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