Number 11

Iraqi style
English

Number 11

Do you remember those days, that good fortune and grace, when you wouldn't spare a thought for your helpless lover? Back then you fled, when there was no one like you; and today you've returned, when let there be no one like you.
Explanation: The second line is a bitter reversal: once the beloved was praised as unmatched, now the poet wishes there were no one like them, that is, they've fallen out of favor.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۱۱

آن عهد به یاد داری و دولت و داد کز عاشق بیچاره نمی‌‌کردی یاد؟
‌آنگه بگریختی که کس چون تو نبود ‌و امروز بیامدی که کس چون تو مباد