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Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.

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Saadi
Poet
Writer
Shiraz city
Saadi Shirazi
Hear
Pleasure
Voice
Resounding
Woman
Shut
House
Temptation
Loud
Door
Doors

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