“Listen to the reed, how it tells a tale, complaining of separations.”

— Rumi · Wisdom quote

Listen to the reed, how it tells a tale, complaining of separations. — Rumi quote card
Poet and mystic · 1207 – 1273

13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic whose Masnavi is among the most influential works of Islamic literature.

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