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The opening lines of Rumi’s Masnavi:

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Listen to the reed as it tells a tale

Complaining of separations 

بشنو از نى چون حكايت مى كن 

از جداييها شكايت مي كند

bishnu az nay chun hikāyat mī konad

az jodaīhā shekāyat mī konad 

bishnu az  . listen to . بشنو از

nay . the reed . نى 

chun . as . چون

hikāyat mī konad . it tells a tale . حكايت مى كند

az jodaīhā . of separations . از جداييها

shekāyat mī konad . complaining . شكايت مي كند