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Major worksMasnavi, Diwan-i-Shams-i-Tabrizi, Fihi ma Fihi
The Persian poet and Sufi mystic whose vast outpouring of verse, including the Masnavi and the lyrics of the Divan, gave expression to a passionate love of the divine. Born of his transformative friendship with the wandering mystic Shams, his poetry of longing and union has made him one of the most widely read and beloved poets in the world today.
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