Number 5

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

Number 5

May I always hold the hem of your robe in my hand, and wherever you set your foot, may my head lie beneath it. I cannot bear that anyone else should love you; my love, may the whole world be your enemy!
Explanation: Holding the hem of a robe signals devotion and clinging; wishing the world to be the beloved's enemy is a hyperbole meaning the poet wants to be the only one who loves them.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۵

در دست منت همیشه دامن بادا وانجا که تو را پای سر من بادا
برگم نبود کسی تو را دارد دوست ای دوست همه جهانْت دشمن بادا‌!