Jami says

Verses from the book Jami: Yusuf And Zulaikha "No one ever suffered on the path of faith, who did not find the remedy for his pain. Let the remedy for Jami's pain be that pain itself: let his medicine be his own ever-sorrowing heart."

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"It has long been known in this ancient abode that without bitterness, life can never become sweet. For nine long months the child must drink blood in its mother's womb; and how many tortures must the ruby endure, imprisoned in rock, before the sun finally illuminates its gorgeous hue!"

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"The lover who sincerely commits himself to the path of love will himself ultimately attain to the title of beloved."

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"Happy is he who is able to escape from self, and feel the gentle breeze of frienship. His heart is so full of the beloved, that there is no longer room for anyone else. It is the beloved flowing through his every vein and nerve like his very life: there is not an atom of his body that is not filled with the friend. The true lover can no longer perceive either the scent or the color of his own self: he has no interest, either friendly or hostile, in anyone other than the beloved. His heart is attached neither to thorne nor crown; all greed and lust have packed their bags and left his street. If he speaks, it is to the friend; if he seeks, it is from the friend. He no longer takes himself into account, and lives only for love. He leaves the raw and turns to the ripe, abondoning completely the abode of the self."
translated and edited by David Pendlebury "Yusuf and Zulaikha"