Dreaming of Paradise

Gar firdaus ba-roo-e-zameen ast;
Hameen asto. Hameen asto. Hameen asto.

We fell from Paradise; is it possible to fall into Paradise? A la Spoono and Jibreel, to fall from the Bostan not into Ellowen Deeowen but into Jahangir's Firdaus?

I may just end up falling - hard, fast - into the green depths of Paradise...

And never return.

insha'Allah.


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