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You pitched your moon-tent on the night's dark depth;

Then threw water on Reason as he slept.

Your lullaby promises set dreams afloat,

And then, with goodbye's knife, you cut sleep's throat.

 

#1801: From Rumi's Kolliyaat-e Shams-e Tabrizi
Edited by Badiozzaman Forouzanfar (Tehran, Amir Kabir, 1988).

Translated by Zara Houshmand
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