The lover who saved his beloved from drowning
A girl fell in a river - in a flash
Her lover dived in with a mighty splash,
And fought the current till he reached her side.
When they were safe again, the poor girl cried:
"By chance I tumbled in, but why should you
Come after me and hazard your life too?"
He said: "I dived because the difference
Of 'I' and 'you' to lovers makes no sense -
A long time passed when we were separate,
But now that we have reached this single state
When you are me and I am wholly you,
What use is it to talk of us as two?"
All talk of two implies plurality -
When two has gone there will be Unity.


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The above determines the unity of love within the sufi doctrine, not to be confused with human love. I find the term that Unity with God is reached a bit disturbing. Not to belittle the genius of Attar in any sense of the word.

Any others ponder the same? or have an idea or where it might be leading to...