Quatrain 19

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

Quatrain 19

Drink the thing that strengthens the soul: rose-red wine that opens the heart to grace. I am the servant of the one who drinks it at nightfall, and the slave of the one who takes more of it at dawn.
Explanation: The morning draught ('sabuh') is the traditional dawn cup of wine, a favorite image in Persian poetry.

Original · Persian

رباعی شمارهٔ ۱۹

آن خور که ازو قوت روح افزاید یعنی می گل‌گون که فتوح افزاید
من بندهٔ آنکه در شبانگاه خورد من چاکر آن که در صبوح افزاید