THE BURNS, OR MARKS OF LOVE
Afzal al-Hasayni, Isfahan School, 1646
Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan Collection, Geneva, Switzerland
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'Tomorrow, I will have climbed the mountain that separates us,
and with indescribable joy I will take the cup in my hand.
My mistress is kind to me, the time is right;
if I hasten not to rejoice now, when may I?'
Omar Khayyam, The Rubaiyat (quatrain 166)
The woman is administering love burn marks on her lover's arm, which during the Safavid era were a sign of a lover’s sincerity and devotion.
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