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