Laughter

Laughter

This Rumi poem turns into a man laughing at the universe

گر چه من خود ز عدم دلخوش و خندان زادم

عشق آموخت مرا شکل دگر خندیدن

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I was already born with a good sense of humor

But love has taught me to laugh in a different way

Now, like dawn eager to embrace darkness, I laugh

Like a shell about to reveal its pearl, if you break me,

I laugh

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