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How Long

How long will you think about this painful life?
How long will you think about this harmful world?
The only thing it can take from you is your body.
Don't say all this rubbish and stop thinking.


Notes

Excerpt from Rumi, 'Thief of Sleep' translated by by Shahram Shiva

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