Number 11

RubāʿīIndian/Isfahani style
English

Number 11

We are the ones whose craft is living without pretense; our home stands at the crossroads of letting go. Cunning, the eye for beauty, drunkenness, and madness: the honor of a thousand callings rests on our shoulders.
Explanation: 'Rindi' (rendered as cunning) is the carefree, unconventional wisdom of the free spirit in Persian poetry. 'Nazarbazi' means delighting in beauty as a contemplative, almost spiritual act.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۱۱

ماییم که بی‌تکلّفی‌ها فن ماست در چار سوی گذشتگی مسکن ماست
رندی و نظربازی و مستی و جنون ناموس هزار کار در گردن ماست