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