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 1206. It is but the recollection of our union that keepeth me alive yet : what else of life is there in me ?

1207. Even with my memory full of him, my heart burneth within me : what then will be my case if I forget him ?

1208. How often soever I recall my beloved to my mind he will not be wroth with me : so much is the favour that my beloved bestoweth upon me !

1209. When my heart thinketh on his cruelty who once said, We are not two but only one life and soul, verily my life ebbeth away.

1210. O Moon ! set not in the horizon, I pray thee, till my eyes look again upon him who, abiding still within my heart, hath yet parted from me.

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