<link href="css/hmh.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <meta content="urn:uuid:6004ba31-1142-4cdd-975b-eca805078036" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body><a id="p426"/><a id="p427"/> <h1 class="book"> <a id="px8"/>Imperfect Thirst</h1> <hr class="halfwidth"/> <h1 class="year">1994</h1> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <div class="two-third both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_CollectedPoems-19" src="images/CollectedPoems-19.png"/> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <hr class="third"/> <p class="DedicationFirst">To Bobbie</p> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <blockquote class="indent3"><p class="hang ">If your eyes are not deceived by the mirage</p> <p class="hang ">Do not be proud of the sharpness of your understanding;</p> <p class="hang ">It may be your freedom from this optical illusion</p> <p class="hang ">Is due to the imperfectness of your thirst.</p></blockquote> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <blockquote> <p class="right ">—Sohrawardi</p> </blockquote> </body> </html>