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Aref felt his chest open as if a drawer had been unlocked. The hunger in him reformed into an ache of gratitude. He realized the lantern that never dimmed had not been a possession but a promise: that tenderness given away returns as a deeper seeing.

R.A. Nicholson's eight-volume translation is considered the academic gold standard, while Coleman Barks' versions are popular for their poetic and modern accessibility. rumi mesnevija pdf

One of his most shocking lines (Book I, Story 17) says: Aref felt his chest open as if a drawer had been unlocked

“To find the light I lost,” Aref said. ” Aref said.