Fragment 12

Iraqi style
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Fragment 12

That fairy-faced beauty whom everyone, man or woman, old or young, praises as a connoisseur of beauty the moment they see her. She brushed my sleeve and at once I fainted; they were right when they said: it's a fairy that strikes the madman.
Explanation: In Persian folk belief, madness (being 'touched') was blamed on a fairy or spirit; the pun turns on the beloved being a 'fairy' (pari) who literally strikes the lover senseless.

Original · Persian

قطعه شمارهٔ ۱۲

آن پریروی که از مرد و زن و پیر و جوان هر که بینی دم صاحبنظری می‌زندش
آستینم زد و از هوش برفتم در حال راست گفتند که دیوانه پری می‌زندش