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TWO THINGS by AMIR MAHMUD IBN AMIR YAMINU'D-DIN TUGHRA'I

First Line: TWO THINGS THOU SHALT NOT LONG FOR, IF THOU LOVE A MIND SERENE
Last Line: THAT HE WILL NOT DEMAND THE DEBT UNTIL THE JUDGMENT DAY.
Subject(s): BORROWERS & LENDERS; MARRIAGE; LOANS; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES;
Two things thou shalt not long for, if thou love a mind serene; --
A woman to thy wife, though she were a crowned queen;
And the second, borrowed money, -- though the smiling lender say,
That he will not demand the debt until the Judgment Day.



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