Poetry · 13th century
The Masnavi
Rumi
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Poetry · 13th century · Persian · Medieval
The Masnavi
The reed torn from the reed bed, crying of separation.
Mystical poetryDidactic poetryLongingUnionSeparation
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Twenty-six thousand couplets in which theology is smuggled inside jokes, fables and erotic metaphor.
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