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The Sufism of the Rubáiyát

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Norton F. W. Hazeldine translation

Ah, thou Angel, of Repose! Fan thou the brow of those who suffer pain and in their ear that magic word impart, That turns the fear of death into living thoughts of love. Bid all awake and rise and for evermore lay their aches and pains aside, To this end were they born, not slaves, fearing to live, nor living, fear to die.

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