Number 11

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Number 11

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