MEN AND DESIRES: Gay themes in the Nizami writings https://thenewsandtimes.blogspom/2026/02/layla-and-majnun-10-best-lines-nizami.html “Free is a man who has no desires.” – Nizami Ganjavi Your body is a silver cup I hold, Your wine I thirst, your lovely wine I drink Your beauty is Godly, Your beauty is God He looks at you, his creation, And falls in love with you, through Majnun eyes My Soul is trapped within my body But it runs free with you. These traps are gold and laws, But Love burns wild, it’s chainless Love is just a spell, Even as long as a thousand years, Just one breadth Out of Eternity. Lover is filled By his beloved. Just scratch them a little, And there they show I am a silent b

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“Free is a man who has no desires.” – Nizami Ganjavi

Your body is a silver cup I hold,
Your wine I thirst, your lovely wine I drink
Your beauty is Godly,
Your beauty is God
He looks at you, his creation,
And falls in love with you, through Majnun eyes

My Soul is trapped within my body

But it runs free with you.

These traps are gold and laws,

But Love burns wild, it’s chainless

Love is just a spell,

Even as long as a thousand years,

Just one breadth

Out of Eternity.

Lover is filled

By his beloved.

Just scratch them a little,

And there they show

I am a silent bird in a cage,

My wings are broken.

You drove me crazy,

Sleepless, mad,

In loss of self, and mind,

And Reason.

Your Love

Is my Asylum:

I am free there,

Free from my pride

The secret road

I walk  to you,

To your house I come,

And kiss your door

O fire of my soul,

Do not burn me,

As I  embrace you

And hold you in my arms.

— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Mar 4, 2026