Your Old Aunt and Uncle

From Chapter 28: A NEW SECTION
Ghazal 1638
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My mother is fortunate, and my father is generous and kind; I am the joy of the joy of the joy of the joy.  
See how the governor reached happiness with prosperity; the city and desert are filled with troops, drums, and banners.  
If I encounter a wolf, it becomes a beautiful Joseph; if I go into a well, it turns into the garden of paradise.  
For the one whose heart is iron and stone from stinginess, the ring of time becomes generosity and kindness before me.  
When the soil in my hand turns to gold and raw silver, if the sedition of gold and silver tempts me.  
I have an idol, if its pleasant scent is revealed, the soul would rejoice even if the idol were made of stone.  
The man of sorrow in his joy, for God has consoled your mourning; how can such a sword not cut the neck of sorrow?  
He takes the heart of anyone he wishes by force; all justice is the servant of such oppression and tyranny.  
What is a mole on that face, if it reveals itself, soon the stranger becomes enamored with the mole's desire.  
I said if I stop and put the story down, you will complete it and explain it, he said yes.

Barks Interpretation

My mother was destiny. My father, grace.