| A hundred flames shine in the eyes.
 
 They come from
 this finest part of the heart
 where fire dwells.
 
 How strange!
 In this burning place
 
 There are so many roses,
 so much greenery,
 so much jasmine.
 
 Through this fire,
 the garden cools down
 And water weds the flame.
 
 ~ Rumi
 Ghazal (Ode) 685
 Breathing Truth - Quotations from Jalaluddin Rumi
 Selected and Translated by Muriel Maufroy
 Sanyar Press - London, 1997
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