Quatrain No. 5

Iraqi style
English

Quatrain No. 5

In the kitchen of creation, the weft is the Devil's; he deserves curses beyond number. Let me make clear how existence really stands: Truth is the treasure, the world its spell, and the Devil the snake that guards it.
Explanation: The image draws on the folk belief that hidden treasures are protected by a spell and a guarding snake; here Truth is the treasure and the world's deceptive surface is the trap.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۵ - رباعی

در مطبح کاینات تار ابلیس است مستوجب لعن بی شمار ابلیس است
روشن سازم که وضع هستی چون است حق گنج و جهان طلسم و مار ابلیس است