“My dear,Is it true that your mind is sometimes like a batteringRamRunning all through the city,Shouting so madly inside and outAbout the ten thousand thingsThat do not matter?”

شمس الدین محمد حافظ / Shams-al-Din Mohammad Hafez

شمس الدین محمد حافظ / Shams-al-Din Mohammad Hafez - “My...” 1

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