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Quatrain 128 from Rubaiyat of Rumi
Description: English Translation of the Quatrain
That master whose burden is all sweet sugar,
Is unaware of his own intoxication from that sugar.
I said, ‘Won’t you give me some of this sugar?’
He replied, ‘He didn’t know that it was sugarcane.’
Analysis of the Quatrains
The Master and the Sugar: The "master" here likely refers to a spiritual guide or a lover. The "sugar" symbolizes divine love or spiritual bliss.
The State of Intoxication: The master is so immersed in divine love that he is oblivious to the sweet ecstasy he experiences.
The Request and the Response: The speaker asks for a share in this divine love, but the master, lost in his own experience, doesn't understand the request.