Miniatures persanes 24 | Musée Virtuel du Vin

LOVERS' EMBRACE
Persian miniature, Isfahan School, 17th century

Malek Library, Tehran, Iran

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"My poor heart, full of pain and madness,
couldn’t be freed of the drunkenness of my love.
Oh! the day when the wine of this love was poured out,
my portion must have come from the blood of my own heart."

Omar Khayyam, The Rubaiyat (quatrain 341)

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