Number 6

Iraqi style
English

Number 6

My heart, you say I torment you, what does that mean? My soul, you say I burn you with grief, what does that mean? You say you never once bring anyone to mind, and yet you say I give you no peace, what does that mean? They say Qasemi has sworn off love; but being unripe to such a degree, what does that mean?
Explanation: The poem uses a dialect and a recurring rhetorical refrain, 'what does that mean?', to voice bewildered protest at love's contradictions. 'Unripe' suggests spiritual or emotional immaturity in the face of love.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۶

می دلا رنجا منی یعنی که چه؟ گیان بغم سوزجا منی یعنی که چه؟
می‌نیاری یاد هرگز هیچ کو وی تو می آرام نی یعنی که چه؟
توبه کد از عشق گوئی قاسمی دا به این حد خام نی یعنی که چه؟