Quatrain 22

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

Quatrain 22

From the moment they shaped me and gave me form, they threw me down to be trampled under the weight of grief. It seems that they made me, pale-faced and heartburned, like a candle, made only to burn.
Explanation: The candle is a classic Persian image for a life that gives light only by consuming and destroying itself.

Original · Persian

رباعی شمارهٔ ۲۲

تا ساخته شخص من و پرداخته‌اند در زیر لگد کوب غم انداخته‌اند
گوئی من زرد روی دلسوخته را چون شمع برای سوختن ساخته‌اند