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I'm sad that as she binds me in this pain,
My love does not intend my heart to gain
Its happiness. When she sees my distress
She laughs in secret at this sweet, sweet
jest.
#863: From Rumi's Kolliyaat-e
Shams-e Tabrizi
Edited by Badiozzaman Forouzanfar (Tehran, Amir Kabir, 1988).
Translated by Zara Houshmand
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