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New Ghazal Posted: Whoever lacks a beloved has no soul, Ghazal 118 by Saadi
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Whoever lacks a beloved has no soul, Ghazal 118 by Saadi
Description: This ghazal by Saadi celebrates love as the essence of life and the soul’s true fulfillment. It contrasts the emptiness of a life without love with the richness of one blessed by a beloved. Saadi emphasizes the transformative power of love, showing that those who embrace it gain a divine sense of purpose and meaning, even if they lack material wealth. The poem reflects on the limitations of reason in the face of love's overwhelming power and praises the pain of love as more desirable than an ordinary, uneventful life. In Saadi's view, the true wealth of the heart is found in connection and beauty, not in solitude or worldly possessions.