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कथामृत  ·  Kathamrita

Rumi · Sufi

The Reed That Would Not Stop Crying

Rumi begins the Masnavi — his six-volume masterwork — not with philosophy but with a sound. The crying of a reed flute, cut from the reed bed, unable to stop mourning the separation. Every human being, Rumi says, is this reed. The longing is not a problem to be solved. It is the most honest…