Hafez — "I once asked a bird, 'How do you fly in this gravity of darkness?' She responded…"
I once asked a bird, 'How do you fly in this gravity of darkness?' She responded, 'love lifts me.'
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From a ghazal, a poetic and mystical explanation for overcoming hardship.
Date: c. 1325-1390 CE
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