Rumi: Ah! O crow, give up this life and live anew! In view of God’s changes cast away your life! Choose the new, give up the o

Ah! O crow, give up this life and live anew! In view of God’s changes cast away — Rumi

Ah! O crow, give up this life and live anew! In view of God’s changes cast away your life! Choose the new, give up the old, For each single present year is better than three past.

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