Your love
Should never be offered to the mouth of a
Stranger,
Only to someone
Who has the valor and daring
To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife
Then weave them into a blanket
To protect you.
Hafiz (c. 1320-1389, Persia)
Translated by Daniel Ladinsky
from The Gift
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