Quatrain 24

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

Quatrain 24

If a heart is to be given to anyone, my love, let it be given to you, for you have a sweet temper, a sweet scent, and a lovely face. I can bear to live without anyone at all, except you, for you are my whole existence.
Explanation: The Persian plays on 'vojud' (existence/being), repeated to say the beloved is the poet's entire being.

Original · Persian

رباعی شمارهٔ ۲۴

گر دل به کسی دهند باری به تو دوست کت خوی خوش و بوی خوش و روی نکوست
از هر که وجود صبر بتوانم کرد الا ز وجودت که وجودم همه اوست