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"I feel like I'm in the midst of a war, and both its sides are me."

A thousand apologies to my heart and a thousand again to my soul.

- Quran [94:6]

- Ghada Al Samman

"Look at you comforting others, with the words you wish to hear."

What runs down from the eye is not its water, but a soul which melts and drips.

"And aid my heart, ya Allah for without your aid my heart and I will never be satisfied."

(n.) portuguese: a nostalgic longing to be near again to something or someone that is distant, or that has been loved and then lost; "the love that remains"

(n.) japanese: a concept, an aesthetic, and a worldview that focuses on finding beauty within the imperfections of life and accepting peacefully the cycle of growth and decay.

Siyar A'lām an-Nubalā'a, 7/278