Human nature is kneaded from the pleasures and desires of this world; who is there that harbors no greed or longing?
The poet paints a striking picture using the metaphor of 'khamir'—the clay from which humankind was sculpted—suggesting that our very nature is kneaded with desire and worldly pleasure. Yearning and longing are not foreign flaws, but the raw material we are made of. By asking who could possibly walk this earth entirely untouched by greed or desire, the couplet offers a gentle, forgiving embrace of our shared human fragility.
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