Number 11

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

Number 11

When the morning breeze saw the rose in the garden, and saw it laughing shamelessly before you, at once it grabbed the rose by its foot on the branch, then rained down thorns on it like a storm of arrows.
Explanation: The thorns of the rose bush are imagined as arrows the jealous breeze uses to punish the flower for daring to laugh in the beloved's presence.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۱۱

چون دید صبا میان بستان گل را وز بی شرمی پیش تو خندان گل را
در حال در آویخت بپایش ز درخت پس کرد ز خار تیر باران گل را