See کو in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"roman": "ba'd az ân goftand ey mâdar biy-â / gur-e bâbâ ku to mâ râ rah namâ",
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"ref": "late 1300s, Xāja Shams-ud-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī, “Ghazal 470 (Sīne mālāmāl-e dard ast)”, in دیوان حافظ [Divān of Ḥāfeẓ]:",
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"text": "سوختم در چاه صبر از بهر آن شمع چگل\nشاه ترکان فارغ است از حال ما کو رستمی",
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