You are the center

You are the pain
and the cure
of the suffering heart.

You are the lover, love,
and the Beloved.

You are the center,
the circle,
the compass that unites.

You are standing apart
from any veil.

[Ḥazīn Lāhījī {1692-1766}, 'The Circle' {trans. from the Persian by David and Sabrineh Fideler}, from Love's Alchemy]