Quatrain 6

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

Quatrain 6

This world is not our home, not a place to settle down. For the wise, it's better to live here ruined and drunk. Pour a little wine on the fire of your grief, before you go down into the dust with empty hands.
Explanation: 'Wind in the hands' is a Persian idiom for coming away with nothing; here it points to leaving life empty-handed.

Original · Persian

رباعی شمارهٔ ۶

دنیا نه مقام ماست نه جای نشست فرزانه در او خراب اولی‌تر و مست
بر آتش غم ز باده آبی میزن زان پیش که در خاک روی باد بدست