All that you tell me emanates from hatred (O mullah)!

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All that you tell me emanates from hatred (O mullah)! by Omar Khayyam

All that you tell me emanates from hatred [O mullah]!
You never cease to treat me as an atheist, a man
without religion. I am convinced of that which I am,
and I avow it; and should I be right, is it for you to
lecture me thus?

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