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Without the frown of clouds and lightning, the vines would be burned by the smiling sun. ✨ Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana), Jelaluddin Rumi, Kabir Helminski, Andrew Harvey (2005). The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi, p.229, Shambhala Publications
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Without the frown of clouds and lightning, the vines would be burned by the smiling sun. ✨ Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana), Jelaluddin Rumi, Kabir Helminski, Andrew Harvey (2005). The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi, p.229, Shambhala Publications

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