Since the cruelty of fate tore me away from you,
for not a single moment have I found my heart glad.
I long for you as the nightingale longs for the rose garden;
I need you as a hungover man needs his morning wine.
Explanation: The 'morning wine' (saboohi) is a traditional drink taken at dawn to ease a hangover, here a figure for desperate craving.
Original · Persian
شمارهٔ ۱۱
تا از تو زجور فلک افتادم دور
یکدم دل خویش را ندیدم مسرور
مشتاق توام چون به گلستان بلبل
محتاج توام چون به صبوحی مخمور