Quatrain 13

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

Quatrain 13

The cypress took the measure of its height from your stature; the sea took its glowing pearls from your mouth. Wherever I see a violet, I say: 'The wind has carried a strand of your hair out to the open field.'
Explanation: The dark violet is a classic Persian image for the beloved's dark curls. Pearls stand for the beauty and words of the beloved's mouth.

Original · Persian

رباعی شمارهٔ ۱۳

سرو از قدت اندازهٔ بالا بُردست بحر از دهنت لؤلؤ لالا بُردست
هر جا که بنفشه‌ای ببینم گویم «مویی ز سرت باد به صحرا بُردست»