(1207 - 1273 / Balkh / Afghanistan)

poet Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi
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Any Lifetime

Any lifetime that is spent without seeing the master
Is either death in disguise or a deep sleep.
The water that pollutes you is poison;
The poison that purifies you is water.

Submitted: Tuesday, March 30, 2010

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