The Chamber of Thought

1. People can see a drop of water in the eye, yet they know nothing of the thousands of sorrows that have made their home in the chest.

2. When you go to the sea, bring me back some water. Then I'll see which holds more sorrow—the sea's water, or the water in my eyes.

3. I will surely come. Even after death, it will be I—only I—who comes.

4. That's something, at least—having a mobile phone. Without it, I'd have died of solitude long ago!

5. If you win this time, then I win. If you lose this time, then too I win!

6. He who has never known the pain of hunger will find only honey from that story, not poison.

7. We are so busy these days that we cannot see the large letters of resentment written plainly in another's eyes.

8. I think if I cry long enough, one day I'll surely have you. Tell me, won't I?

9. Give me a share of your weariness; take the burden of my soul.

10. If after my death you find time to come, bring jasmine flowers. While living, fear itself kept me from asking—what if you thought me foolish! I know that after my death, time will surely be yours, surely it will be.

11. So many love me, yet if people knew my secret thoughts, they wouldn't waste time—they'd despise me outright!

12.
: Eid Mubarak.
: Eid Mubarak.
: Oh, I never imagined you'd reply. Thank you so much.
: One can greet even a stranger on Eid. And you—you're merely an enemy!

13.
: I pray every morning before sleep, so the next day goes well. And you?
: I pray every night that tomorrow's morning never comes.

14.
: Tell me, why do you always sleep on the floor when you have a bed?
: If I sleep on the bed, I might sleep a little too long. That's why I stay on the floor.

15.
: Tell me truly—is your life really so full of suffering? Or do you keep yourself in pain?
: Life began as suffering. The addiction to pain defeats all else. So now, by habit, I swallow the pain and feed the addiction.