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Who Needs Eve, If Adam Had You?

Ordinary compliments are not enough to describe her. They simply don't do her justice. So he resorts to a compliment that would not be easy to top. The compliment also has interesting implications for the course of history.



If Adam had seen you
He wouldn't want Eve anymore.
He would build a nest in your dark eyes
He wouldn't want the world anymore.

From: Vigen's "[the Prophet] Adam" (Hazrate Adam)

All We Need is Each Other--And Maybe the Sun

This new couple is not worried about the location of their first home together. Nor are they concerned about how fancy it might be.

Wherever you are
That's where my home will be.
The sun will set up a tent for us.

From "Persian Girl" (Dokhtar-e-Irooni) by Siavash