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Updated: May 15, 2025

So he repeated the following verses: Long is the road and restlessness and grief redouble aye, Whilst in my breast the fires of love rage ever night and day O thou, the goal of all my hopes, sole object of my wish, I swear by Him, the Most High God, who moulded man from clay, For love of thee I bear a load of longing and desire, Such as the mountains of Es Shumm might ne'er withal away!

Anonymous - The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II