A familiar pain has settled in my heart;
what pain it is that has taken hold of my heart.
Night and day I carry the thread of longing in my head;
how long will this passion keep me its captive?
Explanation: This is in a Kurdish/Luri dialect; 'thread of longing' renders the obsessive, tangled pull of love. The reading is somewhat uncertain given the dialect.
Original · Persian
شمارهٔ ۱۴
اشنه دردی مبا کر با چه من با
کونه دردی مبا کر با چه من با
رشته سودا به سر دیرم شب و روز
چه ما سودا زمانی اشنه سر با