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Moth: I gave you my life. Flame: I allowed you to kiss me.

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Hazrat Inayat Khan
Age: 44 †
Born: 1882
Born: July 5
Died: 1927
Died: February 5
Clergyman
Musician
Philosopher
Teacher
Writer
Baroda
Inayat Khan Rehmat Khan Pathan
Flame
Flames
Kiss
Allowed
Kissing
Gave
Life
Moth
Moths

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I gave up my music because I had received from it all I had to receive. To serve God one must sacrifice the dearest thing, and I sacrificed my music, the dearest thing to me.
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