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He is king who knows you, whatever you wear.

Cry out without a sound and he will hear.

Who doesn't speak to peddle self with words?

Who knows the truth in silence, him I serve.

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

Translated by Zara Houshmand
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