Judge a Moth

From Chapter 25: MAJESTY
Ghazal 2627
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Fall in love and be in love, let go of captivity, how long will you remain a prisoner of a child king?  
For a child king, being a ruler and minister is all shameful; beware, take nothing but love.  
That supreme ruler is not free from fate; he is only obsessed with the burden of being a minister.  
If you are not the image of a bathhouse, seek the spirit, so that you may fall in love with an image and receive the spirit.  
Do not mix with the earth, for you are a pure gem; do not mix with vinegar, for you are sugar and milk.  
Even if people do not recognize you on this side, on the side where there is no place, how incomparable you are.  
This world is death, and in this mortal world, if you do not die, it is not enough that you do not die.  
In the form of the children of Adam, you are the lion of God, evident in this attack, struggle, and bravery.  
Since I saw your virtues, ranks, and miracles, I am weary of these virtues and ranks of silk.  
This life has become untimely, but since you exist, in the light of God, what is timely or untimely?  
The dignity of the lover is according to the measure of the beloved; O poor lover, see from what arrow you are struck.  
The beauty of the moth is according to the measure of the candle; after all, is it not that the moth is this illuminating candle?  
Shams of Tabriz, you cannot be seen from that, whether you are the essence of sight or the eye of insight.

Barks Interpretation

You are the king’s son.