Number 25

Iraqi style
English

Number 25

Every night, with an aching heart and endless weeping, it is just me, my tears, and my sleeplessness. No moisture is left inside me, my eyes have shed so many pearls of grief. What does your heart know of sorrow? How could you understand what it means to grieve? You will finally know how I feel only when, like me, you drag a single night through to morning.
Explanation: Shedding pearls is a classical Persian image for weeping precious tears. 'Dragging a night to morning' means enduring a sleepless, grief-filled night.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۲۵

هر شبی با دلی و صد زاری منم و آب چشم و بیداری
بنماندست آب در جگرم بس که چشمم کند گهرباری
دل تو از کجا و غم ز کجا؟ تو چه دانی که چیست غمخواری؟
آگه از حال من شوی آنگاه که چو من یک شبی به روز آری