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The Masnavi of Jalalu'd-din Rumi — trans. E. H. Whinfield (1898)
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“Hearken to this Reed forlorn, / Breathing, ever since 'twas torn / From its rushy bed, a strain / Of impassioned love and pain.”— The Masnavi, Book I, Proem — "The Song of the Reed," trans. E. H. Whinfield (1898)
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