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The mystical symbolism of the Sufis can be traced in Hafiz and Omar. Their wine equals aspiration, love of the divine. Beloved equals God. Drunkenness equals ecstatic meditation. Amorous glance equals devotion.

-- Notebooks Category 15: The Orient > Chapter 6 : Islamic Cultures, Egypt > # 29