Poem 6

RubāʿīIraqi style
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Poem 6

I said: I love you with a thousand hearts. She laughed with a teasing charm and said: what a lovely way to be. I said: my beauty, whose road leads to your embrace, and where does it begin? She answered: my friend, it runs from the beloved straight to the beloved.
Explanation: The final line plays on the idea that union with the beloved comes only through the beloved itself, a mystical circle of love.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۶

گفتم:بهزار دل ترا دارم دوست در خنده شد از ناز که:این شیوه نکوست
گفتم:صنما،راه وصال از که بکیست؟ فرمود که: ای دوست، هم از دوست بدوست