Quatrain 12

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

Quatrain 12

What a wonder! This upright figure is doomsday itself; even the cypress lacks the grace that you possess. Better that you visit graves no more, so the dead won't cry out, 'Judgment Day has come!'
Explanation: In Persian poetry the cypress is the standard image for a beloved's tall, elegant stature. 'Qiyamat' (resurrection/doomsday) puns on the beloved's stunning 'qamat' (figure): so beautiful it could raise the dead.

Original · Persian

رباعی شمارهٔ ۱۲

وه وه که قیامت‌ست این قامت راست با سرو نباشد این لطافت که تو راست
شاید که تو دیگر به زیارت نروی تا مرده نگوید که «قیامت برخاست»