"I have tested all manner of pleasures, and known every
variety of joy; and I have found that neither intimacy with
princes, nor wealth acquired, nor finding after lacking, nor
returning after absence, nor security after fear and repose in
a safe refuge - none of these things so powerfully affects the
soul as the union with the beloved... The fresh springing of
herbs after the rains, the glitter of flowers when the night
clouds have rolled away in the hushed hour between dawn
and sunrise, the splashing of waters as they run through the
stalks of golden blossoms, the exquisite beauty of white
castles encompassed by verdant meadows - not lovelier is any
of these than union with the well-beloved... Truly that is a
miracle of wonder surpassing the tongues of the eloquent,
and far beyond the range of the most cunning speech to
describe; the mind reels before it, and the intellect stands
abashed."
- Ibn Hazm d.1064
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