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Oh soul, you worry too much. Your arms are heavy with treasures of all kinds.

Oh soul, you worry too much. Your arms are heavy with treasures of all kinds.

Approximate author period: c. 1240 AD · medieval

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Author or tradition
Jalaluddin Rumi
Attribution: attributed
Country attributed
Not established
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1240 AD · medieval
Approximate author-period evidence for Rumi: life dates 1207 to 1273. Wikidata Q43347, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43347 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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