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They say love means crying out her name. Lies.

They say love's hope will never ripen. Lies.

A universe of joy lives within us.

They say it lies beyond the sky. All lies.

#1058: From Rumi's Kolliyaat-e Shams-e Tabrizi
Edited by Badiozzaman Forouzanfar (Tehran, Amir Kabir, 1988).

Translated by Zara Houshmand
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