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Persian Sufi verse:

O ye who seek to solve the knot.

Ye live in truth, yet know it not.

Ye sit upon the river's brink,

Yet crave in vain a drop to drink.

Ye dwell beside a countless store,

Yet perish hungry at the door.

-- Notebooks Category 15: The Orient > Chapter 6 : Islamic Cultures, Egypt > # 31