Packet 2: Tossup 20

The realization “I need more grace / than I thought” closes a poem in this language that begs a “Dissolver of Sugar” to “dissolve me.” (15[3])The title object (15[2])of a poem in this language (15[1]-5[1])is said to be “fire, not wind” after making a “crying sound” (15[2]-5[1])upon being separated. (-5[1])An impatient (15[1])person from an “Earthen Lot” asks “who is the (*) Potter?” (10[3])in a poem (10[4])in this (-5[1])language. (10[7])Coleman Barks popularized (10[1])a collection (10[1])of Spiritual Couplets (10[2])originally (10[1])in this language. (-5[1])A command to “Awake!” (10[1])opens a collection in this (-5[1])language (10[1])whose speaker asks for “A Jug of Wine, (-5[1])a Loaf of Bread, (10[2])and Thou.” For 10 points, Rumi wrote in what language, (0[1])used by (-5[2])Omar (-5[1])Khayyam to write the Rubaiyat? (10[2])■END■ (10[7]0[4])

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