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I seek a fire to burn away love's pain,

A carpet made of the dust at your door.

I've had enough, and more, of misery.

Let me just be happy in your company.

#1133: From Rumi's Kolliyaat-e Shams-e Tabrizi
Edited by Badiozzaman Forouzanfar (Tehran, Amir Kabir, 1988).

Translated by Zara Houshmand
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