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Fragment 8

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Fragment 8

I would say I have never seen a mouth smaller than yours. There are mouths smaller than this wide one of yours, but not every small mouth is sweet as sugar.
Explanation: The poem plays on the classical ideal of a tiny mouth as a mark of beauty; the poet teases that the beloved's mouth is actually wide, yet still the sweetest.

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قطعه شمارهٔ ۸

من بگویم ندیده‌ام دهنی کز دهان تو تنگتر باشد
تنگتر زین دهان فراخ ولیک نه همه تنگها شکر باشد