I don't want learning, or dignity, or respectability. I want this musi…

Rumi
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I don't want learning, or dignity, or respectability. I want this music, and this dawn, and the warmth of your cheek against mine. ✨ Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi, Ode 1823
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