Quatrain 14

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

Quatrain 14

The sun is just a spark from the light of your face; grief for you has turned my cheeks pale and my hair white. Everyone in the whole world took their share of being with you, and all I was left with, weary as I am, is hope.
Explanation: Pale cheeks and white hair are conventional signs of the lover's suffering in Persian poetry.

Original · Persian

رباعی شمارهٔ ۱۴

ای شعله‌ای از پرتو رویت خورشید رویم ز غمت زرد شد و موی سفید
از وصل تو هر که بود در جمله جهان برداشت نصیبی و من خسته امید