Number 1

RubāʿīIndian/Isfahani style
English

Number 1

What does the heartbreak of love have to do with the easy pleasures of desire? Look how far apart they are: the bait over here, the trap over there. Soothing the fevered mind of love is something else entirely; your mad longing and a dab of almond oil are worlds apart.
Explanation: Almond oil was a traditional remedy thought to cool a feverish or troubled mind, so the poet contrasts a simple folk cure with the deep affliction of real love.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۱

با عشق هوس سوز غم کام کجا این دانه ببین کجا و این دام کجا
ترطیب دماغ عشق چیز دگرست سودای تو و روغن بادام کجا