Quatrain 18

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

Quatrain 18

That beauty you once called an angel of mercy, look again this time and you'll see a devil. A face that was as welcome as fire in winter is today as unwanted as a fur coat in summer.
Explanation: The poet contrasts past attraction with present distaste through the seasonal images of fire and a fur coat.

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رباعی شمارهٔ ۱۸

آن ماه که گفتی ملک رحمانست این بار اگرش نگه کنی شیطانست
رویی که چو آتش به زمستان خوش بود امروز چو پوستین به تابستانست