Number 16

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

Number 16

Your hair, loosed to the wind like that, undid me; it tore a cry out of my very self. So much befell me from those tresses that I no longer even remember the joy of seeing your face.
Explanation: The beloved's windblown hair is a classic Persian image for the distractions and torments that keep the lover from union.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۱۶

زلف تو چنان بباد بر داد مرا کآورد ز خویشتن بفریاد مرا
چندان ز سر زلف تو افتاد مرا کز وصل رخ تو نیست خود یادمرا