English
Number 17
What need is there for a wall to be painted and adorned,
or for aloe wood and sugar to burn on the fire?
Do you know what our happiness really needs?
If this musician would stop playing, it would be a delight.
Number 17
Original · Persian
شمارهٔ ۱۷
دیوار چه حاجت که مُنقَّش باشد
یا عود و شکر بر سر آتش باشد؟
دانی که به عیش ما چه در میباید؟
این مطرب اگر نمیزند خوش باشد