Number 6

Iraqi style
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...
Explanation: Azar was Abraham's idol-making father in Islamic tradition; the beloved is likened to a more wondrous idol. Several couplets are damaged in the original, leaving gaps.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۶

حالم از شرح غمت افسانه(ایست) چشمم از عکس رخت بتخانه(ایست)
هر کجا بدگوهری در عا(لمست) در کنار آنچنان دردانه(ایست)
بر امید زلف چون ز(نجیر تو) ای بسا عاقل که چون (دیوانه‌ایست)
گفتم او را این چه زلفـ......... گفت هان فی‌الجمله در.........
از لبش یک نکته‌ای......... وز خمش یک قطره‌ای (پیمانه‌ایست)
با فروغ آفتاب حسـ(ـن او) شمع گردون کمتر از (پروانه‌ایست)
نازنینا رخ چه می‌پو(شی ز من) آخر این مسکین کم (از بیگانه‌ایست)
از بت آزر حکایت‌ها کنـ(ـند) بت خود این است از.........
دل نه جای توست آخر چـ(ـون کنم) در جهانم خود همین (ویرانه‌ایست)
این نه دل خوانند کیـ......... این نه عشق است از.........