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"All from Beloved's side is sweet
whatever He gives to you.
There is no bitter, if you knew
the secret how to taste."
I think this stanza is in parallel continuation with "Echo and Call" (secret of taste) and "I'll meet my master" (everything from Beloved's side is sweet).
As i read this stanza, i am thinking that man has been made as a neutral thinker. Like he has been given choice to go either towards negative(which he thinks is positive) or positive. We have been given a tool to taste and feel "bitterness" but at the same time we can sense "sweet" too.
Challenge is that you taste bitter (consider it as a tool to study sweetness) and convert that bitterness to sweetness... in your perception... and may be in reality :s
In any case, you have to observe dark to understand bright...
"There is no bitter, if you knew
the secret how to taste."
To me it means, there is always a hidden method in every grief. :)
Asma, Thank you for reading my post and adding one more perception to this stanza. :)
Waise what do you mean by hidden method? like does this method teach you something? What?
Thanks again...
Failure or bitterness can be a blessing in disguise. How ? Well we keep trying to discipline ourselves or quit bad habits . But oft-times our half-hearted efforts end into smoke. There comes a bitter time ( the mildest and commonest form is exams ) and here we become a conscientious student and devout believer ( comparatively ). Bitter times help us change what we couldn't have otherwise. That's the most practical understanding I have of bitter medicines having sweet results.