Your eyes are drowsy with sleep and drunk with wine;
the discerning ones thirst for you, but your embrace is only a mirage.
Someone as lovely as you, anywhere in this whole world,
could only ever be seen in a mirror or in water.
Explanation: The mirror and water suggest that your beauty has no equal in reality, only a reflection could match it. 'Abad o kharab' (in flourishing and in ruin) means simply 'anywhere at all'.
Original · Persian
رباعی شمارهٔ ۳
ای چشم تو مست خواب و سرمست شراب!
صاحبنظران تشنه و وصل تو سراب
مانند تو آدمی در آباد و خراب
باشد که در آیینه، توان دید و در آب