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Tonight's a night of weakness, misery.

Tonight I grapple with heart's mystery.

Its secrets, my friend, are all thoughts of you.

O night, pass quickly: I have work to do.

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

Translated by Zara Houshmand
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