Number 11

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

Number 11

My heart, the sorrow of love makes you skilled in every art, and lifts you higher than anything you could imagine. In the ordeal of separation it lays you low; in the end, what will the grief of that beloved make of you?
Explanation: «ذو فنون» means possessing many talents or arts; here love's pain paradoxically enriches the heart even as separation crushes it.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۱۱

ای دل،غم عشق ذو فنونت سازد وز هرچه گمان بری فزونت سازد
در واقعه هجر زبونت سازد آخرغم آن نگار چونت سازد؟