Rumi: He is only scented with musk, he is not himself musk, He smells of musk, but is really naught but dung, For his dung to

He is only scented with musk, he is not himself musk, He smells of musk, but is — Rumi

He is only scented with musk, he is not himself musk, He smells of musk, but is really naught but dung, For his dung to become musk, O disciple, He must graze year after year in the divine pasture.

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