Pity the heart that music cannot move;
it is stone, and what use is talk of love with stone?
For the one who is a stranger to love, music is forbidden;
for smoke rises only from what has burned.
Explanation: The 'burned heart' is the classic Persian image of a soul consumed by love; only such a heart can respond to spiritual music (sama).
Original · Persian
رباعی شمارهٔ ۲۵
افسوس بر آن دل که سماعش نربود
سنگ است و حدیث عشق با سنگ چه سود؟
بیگانه ز عشق را حرام است سماع
زیرا که نیاید به جز از سوخته دود