Number 14

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

Number 14

The day they raised this dome of blue glass, and set up this vault of nine high heavens, there was no veil of nothingness, no candle, no fire, no thread; it was the love of the beloved they tied upon us.
Explanation: The «dome of blue glass» is a classic Persian image for the sky. «Kotm-e adam» (the veil of nonexistence) refers to the state before creation.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۱۴

آن روز که این گنبد مینا بستند وین طارم نه سپهر اعلا بستند
نی کتم عدم بود،نه شمع و نه آتش نی رشته،که عشق یار بر ما بستند