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My beloved could tear my skin away --

I won't cry out or say she's caused this pain.

I've enemies aplenty, only her for friend.

To foe concerning friend I won't complain.

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

Translated by Zara Houshmand
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