Quatrain 25

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

Quatrain 25

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