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I will break the cycle of pain and remedy,

Break the cycle of kind and cruel.

You saw me repent, and how sincerely --

Watch too when I break repentance's rule.

#1347: From Rumi's Kolliyaat-e Shams-e Tabrizi
Edited by Badiozzaman Forouzanfar (Tehran, Amir Kabir, 1988).

Translated by Zara Houshmand
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