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The Intellectual and The Lover by Maulana Rumi

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The intellectual is always showing off,

 

the lover is always getting lost.

 

The intellectual runs away.

 

afraid of drowning;

 

the whole business of love

 

is to drown in the sea.

 

Intellectuals plan their repose;

 

lovers are ashamed to rest.

 

The lover is always alone.

 

even surrounded by people;

 

like water and oil, he remains apart.

 

The man who goes to the trouble

 

of giving advice to a lover

 

get nothing. He's mocked by passion.

 

Love is like musk. It attracts attention.

 

Love is a tree, and the lovers are its shade.

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