Quatrain 20

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

Quatrain 20

He wounded the hearts of enemy and friend so often that, as punishment, it's as if his very skin was transformed. Once, the grief he caused weighed on every heart; now all the sorrows of the world weigh on his.
Explanation: The image of the skin being transformed refers to the idea of metamorphosis as divine punishment for wrongdoing.

Original · Persian

رباعی شمارهٔ ۲۰

از بس که بیازرد دل دشمن و دوست گویی به گناه مسخ کردندش پوست
وقتی غم او بر همه دلها بودی اکنون همه غمهای جهان بر دل اوست