Quatrain 9

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

Quatrain 9

Nights pass when I can't close my eyes; everyone else is drunk on sleep, and I on the thought of you. May you spill my blood with your own hand, so that as I give up my life, I finally hold what I longed for.
Explanation: Grasping the hem of one's goal is a Persian idiom for finally attaining what one desires, even at the cost of death.

Original · Persian

رباعی شمارهٔ ۹

شب‌ها گذرد که دیده نتوانم بست مردم همه از خواب و من از فکر تو مست
باشد که به دست خویش خونم ریزی تا جان بدهم دامن مقصود به دست