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Though distance has broken hope's own back,

Though cruelty has tied desire's hands,

The drunken lover's heart will not give up.

The goal's in reach if you try hard enough.

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

Translated by Zara Houshmand
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