Number 8

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Number 8

Her drowsy eyes, like a wine cup, filled so full with my heart's blood that her lashes turned blood red, sharp as a killer's dagger. It seems my fate holds no happiness; when time shaped my clay, it mixed the water of my making with tears from weeping eyes.
Explanation: The image of clay mixed with tears draws on the idea that a person's destiny is built into their very making.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۸

بس که ساغر چشم مخمورش ز خون دل گرفت رنگ خون مژگان او چون خنجر قاتل گرفت
خوشدلی در طالع من نیست گویا روزگار در سرشتم آب از چشم تری در گل گرفت