Quatrain 17

RubāʿīIraqi style
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Quatrain 17

I will rise and go, for waiting is unbearable; I will lay my life at her feet, for she is my heart's peace. And before enemy and friend alike I will confess: «the one who killed me has my full forgiveness.»
Explanation: 'Killed me' is the lover's dramatic idiom for being overwhelmed by love; the beloved's cruelty is willingly forgiven.

Original · Persian

رباعی شمارهٔ ۱۷

خیزم بروم چو صبر نامحتمل‌ست جان در قدمش کنم که آرامِ دل‌ست
و اقرار کنم برابر دشمن و دوست «کآن کس که مرا بکشت از من بحل‌ست»