Quatrain 3

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

Quatrain 3

Your face is what the sun worshippers seek; the arch of your brow is the whole world's altar. Your mouth is all the joy the poor and broken have; your hair holds the loose threads of every scattered heart.
Explanation: The 'sun worshippers' evokes those who turn toward beauty as devotees turn toward the sun. 'Scattered hearts' plays on the image of disheveled hair as tangled emotions.

Original · Persian

رباعی شمارهٔ ۳

ای مقصد خورشید پرستان رویت محراب جهانیان خم ابرویت
سرمایهٔ عیش تنگدستان دهنت سر رشتهٔ دلهای پریشان مویت