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Not just her laugh and her face are lovely;

Her anger, her moods, her harsh words are too.

Like it or not, she demands my life.

Who cares for life? Her demand's lovely too.

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

Translated by Zara Houshmand
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