Love
TO LOVERS
Translated from Uzbek · Original text
If you love, agree to burn — and love,Agree to renounce yourself — and love.Recite your own funeral prayer, die first — and love,Otherwise you cannot stand in the flame,On this path you cannot even bark like a dog.Lay your body in the coffin — and love,Name yourself “lowly” and “dust” — and love,Make your head a gift of the block and the gallows — and love,Otherwise, when it burns you, you'll cry out in grief,And the dregs of moaning will spill from your lips.The beloved will always favor strangers — love,And your heart she'll slash without a blade — love,And seeing your state, she'll laugh with glee — love,For there is no other love but this, my friend,Love is a poisoned arrow stuck in the heart, my friend.The beloved, though saying she loves you, won't be faithful — love,If you are faithful, she'll give nothing but cruelty — love,She won't so much as glance at you, even by mistake — love,For no other road has been given,This road has never been walked without such torments.The beloved will slay you — be slain, and love,The beloved will wrong you — accept it, and love,The beloved will command you — be a slave, and love,This slavery will be better than kingship,Through this slaying love will be made perfect!Akrom MALIK
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