The Morning Breeze

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

The Morning Breeze

Sometimes the morning breeze tears loose the violet's dark curls, sometimes it shatters the tulip's cup of wine. Sometimes the morning breeze sets a shiver across the water, and then, what a gentle breath the morning breeze exhales.
Explanation: The 'violet's curls' and the 'tulip's cup' are classic Persian images: petals likened to a beloved's hair and to a wine goblet. The morning breeze (bad-e saba) is a stock symbol of tender, life-giving movement.

Original · Persian

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گه زلف بنفشه برکند باد صبا گه ساغر لاله بشکند باد صبا
گه لرزه بر آب افگند باد صبا و آنگه چه دم لطف زند باد صبا