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The dew of love turned dust of man to mud,

From which sprang up unruly passion's horde.

Their hundred lances pierced the veins of Soul.

What we call Heart is one drop of its blood.

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

Translated by Zara Houshmand
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