7th Century Arabian Poet Qays wrote in Majnun Layla:

Love, I see it well, is a glowing fire,
And of the lovers’ hearts it nourishes itself.
If only when they were burnt they could finally die!
But alas! As soon as they have turned to ashes they resuscitate, like the damned
Their transformed skin, again and again, restores itself for new torment.

‎وَجَدْتُ الْحُب نيرانًا تَلَظَّى قُلوبُ الْعَاشِقِينَ لَهَا وَقودُ
‎ فلو كانَتْ إِذَا احْتَرَقَتْ تفانَتْ وَلكِنْ كُلَّمَا احْتَرَقَتْ تَعُودُ
‎كأهل النار إذ نضجَتْ جُلُود أُعِيدَتْ - لِلشَّقَاءِ - لَهُمْ جُلودُ

White ink on hand-dyed ahar paper, bordered with ebru, gold, handmade paper and 20th century American ceiling inlay motifs.

Sulus calligraphy. Framed in quartersawn oak milled in 2020 in Takoma Park, Maryland.