We are devoted to those friends who possess truthfulness and purity of heart, but we rarely find such truth and sincerity in you.
This couplet captures the bittersweet sting of betrayal dressed in gentle courtesy. The poet begins with a grand declaration of love, eager to give his life for friends who possess genuine truth and purity of heart (sidq-o-safa). Yet, in the second line, this ideal is held up as a quiet mirror to the listener—softly rebuking them for lacking the very sincerity that makes friendship sacred.
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