English
Number 6
My condition, when I try to describe my grief for you, becomes a legend;
my eye, from the reflection of your face, has turned into a temple full of idols.
Wherever there is a worthless stone in the world,
it lies beside a pearl as rare as you.
Hoping for your hair that falls in chains,
how many a wise man ends up acting like a madman.
I asked her, what kind of curling locks are these?
She said, well, in short, they are...
From her lips comes a single subtle point...
and from her wine cup, a single drop is a whole measure.
Before the blazing sun of her beauty,
the candle of the sky is less than a moth.
My darling, why do you hide your face from me?
After all, this poor wretch is not less than a stranger.
They tell many tales of Azar's idol,
but my own idol is this, from...
The heart is no fitting place for you, so what can I do?
In all my world it is only this one ruin.
This they should not call a heart...
this is not love, from...