For one moment my heart has no wish to be sober;
with the sober-minded I have no wish for friendship.
I carry a load a drunken elephant couldn't bear,
and nothing can lift this load but God's own grace.
Explanation: The 'drunkenness' here is spiritual intoxication with the divine, not literal wine. The elephant image conveys an overwhelming weight only God can carry.
Original · Persian
شمارهٔ ۸
یک لحظه دلم را سر هشیاری نیست
با هشیاران مرا سر یاری نیست