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The Sufism of the Rubáiyát

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Norton F. W. Hazeldine translation

Thus do all things speak of him in praise, lord of heaven, creator and the grave, [36]Of whom priests and warriors but his diet form with death for seasoning. Thus the earth her welcome sings to the water carrier spring, who with his rain skin on his back calls to the winter, back! back! back! Then he gently pulls the strings, comforter divine is he, sending down those warming rains on the barren thirsty plains. This then is the holy spirit which from heaven unto man is given.

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