The Lover's Reply Reaches the Beloved

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The Lover's Reply Reaches the Beloved

When these messages reached my ears, I lost all reason and sense completely. Longing for her set a fire in my soul, and my heart poured a sea of blood from my eyes. Yet every moment my heart kept promising that soon I would come to know her closely. If for a day or two the heart finds no joy, as long as the beloved is my fortune, there is no grief.
Explanation: The sea of blood from the eyes is a classical image for tears shed in grief and longing.

Original · Persian

بخش ۱۴ - رسیدن جواب عاشق بمعشوق

چو این پیغامها در گوش کردم بکلی ترک عقل و هوش کردم
ز شوقش آتشی در جانم افتاد دلم دریای خون از دیده بگشاد
ولی میداد هردم دل گوائی که با او زود یابم آشنائی
دو روزی گر دلی خرم نباشد چو دولت یار باشد غم نباشد