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Rumi, Jajal al-Din
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When the blossom is shed, the fruit comes to a head: when the body is shattered, the spirit lifts up its head (Jajal al-Din Rumi)
Shirazeh Houshiary (1955 - )
Walk to the well. Turn as the earth and moon turn, Circling what they love. Whatever circles comes from the centre (Jajal al-Din Rumi)
Shirazeh Houshiary (1955 - )
The roof of the seventh sky is certainly high, yet even this roof does not reach where reaches the ladder of round-dance (Jajal al-din Rumi)
Shirazeh Houshiary (1955 - )
The waves of the earth are our imagination and understanding and thought; the waves of water are self-effacement and intoxication and death (Jajal al-Din Rumi)
Shirazeh Houshiary (1955 - )
When I looked at myself, I saw myself no more, because by grace my body had become fine (Jajal al-Din Rumi)
Shirazeh Houshiary (1955 - )
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