A love that is not eternal
is a plaything of youthful desire.
عشقی که نه عشق جاودانی است
بازیچهٔ شهوت جوانی استAşkî ki ne aşk-ı câvidânî est
Bâzîçe-i şehvet-i cevânî est
Nizami Ganjavi, Layla and Majnun, the section "Majnun weeping for love of Layla".
Nizami speaks harshly.
He does not call love what does not last.
Desire has no fault.
In youth, fire is fire.
But fire must be told apart
from what goes out
when its wood runs out.
Right after, he says:
love is what does not diminish.
The story of Majnun
is a very long road
taken to tell this one sentence.