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Rumi is a Persian-language opera by Iranian composer Behzad Abdi to a libretto by puppet theatre director Behrouz Gharibpour. The opera combines Persian traditional dastgāh modal system and sama dance with Western music. The libretto is based on the story of Shams and Rumi.
“He whose intellect overcomes his desire is higher than the angels; he whose desire overcomes his intellect is less than an animal.”
“If you are wholly perplexed and in straits, have patience, for patience is the key to joy.”
“Whatever possessions and objects of its desires the lower self may obtain, it hangs on to them, refusing to let them go out of greed for more, or out of fear of poverty and need.”
“The prophets hear in their mind voices that others never perceive, as the voices of the Peris, which, although they sound out clearly, are never apprehended by our ears.”
“You have seen the mountain, not the mine within the mountain.”
“Opposite shows up opposite as a Frank a negro.”
Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.
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