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Слушать(AI)In love
In love, aside from sipping the wine of timelessness, nothing else exists.
There is no reason for living except for giving one's life.
I said, "First I know you, then I die."He said, "For the one who knows Me, there is no dying."Excerpt from Rumi, 'Thief of Sleep' translated by by Shahram Shiva
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, faqih, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi my
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Who Says Words With My Mouth
All day I think about it, then at night I say it Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing I have no idea My soul is from elsewhere,
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Last night you left me and sleptyour own deep sleep Tonight you turnand turn I say,You and I will be together till the universe dissolves You mumble back things you thought ofwhen you were drunk
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If you show patience, I'll rid you of this virtue If you fall asleep, I'll rub the sleep from your eyes
