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You who live by the grace of this world's love,

Shame on you! Why do you live this way?

Don't live without love, like a lifeless corpse.

Die for love: lay down your life, and life with you will stay.

#1602, from Rumi's Kolliyaat-e Shams-e Tabrizi
Edited by Badiozzaman Forouzanfar (Tehran, Amir Kabir, 1988).

Translated by Zara Houshmand
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