“To Love is to reach God.
Never will a Lover's chest
feel any sorrow.
Never will a Lover's robe
be touched by mortals.
Never will a Lover's body
be found buried in the earth.
To Love is to reach God.”

—  Rumi

Hush Don't Say Anything to God (1999)

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Iranian poet 1207–1273

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