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I do not dye my hair blackso as to be young again and sin againbut because people dye their clothes black in mourning,so I have dyed my hair black, mourning for my old age.
Rūdagī Music of a Distant Drum: Classical Arabic, Persian, Turkish & Hebrew Poems
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I do not dye my hair blackso as to be young again and sin againbut because people dye their clothes black in mourning,so I have dyed my hair black, mourning for my old age.
Rūdagī

Music of a Distant Drum: Classical Arabic, Persian, Turkish & Hebrew Poems

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