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That king who made me crazy, and with whom

My heart, for love of him, has shared a home,

Sent a butterfly that signified, "I'm you,"

And fanned a hundred candle flames alight.

#1532: From Rumi's Kolliyaat-e Shams-e Tabrizi
Edited by Badiozzaman Forouzanfar (Tehran, Amir Kabir, 1988).

Translated by Zara Houshmand
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