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What is man's life but love, love of self; Man is dust, dust as his passion, dust as the beloved. Death, it is your great act of piety for man - You take him to your house or he'd be left to himself. Death is a covenant between the lover and the beloved; Death is a secret wedlock between being and non-being. Death harbors the hidden port of life's ocean; Death is helpless and a vision of beauty to itself. Death is the only witness of my life and your grace, And O strange lord, of night and the crescent.

Ghani Khan#5

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About this quote

What does it mean?
Life is love, and death is a sacred union between lover and beloved, a hidden portal of existence that witnesses life’s grace.
In plain terms
Life is love; death is a sacred bond that frames our existence.
What can you take from it?
Recognize death as a profound, unifying part of life.

Where it applies

  • contemplating mortality
  • spiritual reflection

Putting it to work

  • meditate on love and loss
  • write about life’s cycles

Questions to consider

  • How does viewing death as a covenant affect your fear of it?
  • In what ways does love give meaning to life?

Another view

Highly poetic; may not resonate with literal interpretations.

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