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  1. Thirteen lines from the Masnavi of Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207–1273), in E.H. Whinfield's public-domain 1887 translation.

    Most popular "Rumi" has no Persian line behind it — Nicholson himself admitted one of the most famous ghazals attributed to him didn't appear in any manuscript he used. These are sourced to book and story.

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