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Number 10

RubāʿīIraqi style

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Number 10

I have come drunk, ruined, worshipping wine, dazed by the wine poured at the dawn of creation. Don't imagine I will ever turn sober again: I will leave drunk, because I arrived drunk.

Explanation: «The wine of Alast» refers to the primordial covenant in Islamic tradition, when God asked souls 'Am I not your Lord?', here treated as an intoxication that has lasted since the beginning of existence.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۱۰

من مست و خراب و می پرست آمده ام مدهوش ز باده الست آمده ام

تا ظن نبری که باز گردم هشیار هم مست روم از آنکه مست آمده‌ام