Number 17

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Number 17

You who pass through the memory of my heart: when you go by, nothing but tears can answer the grief you leave behind. Since I was torn from you, what misery is mine; if your memory doesn't come to rescue my heart, it cries out in pain.
Explanation: The phrase 'come to my heart's cry' (به فریاد رسیدن) is an idiom meaning to come to someone's aid in distress.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۱۷

ای آن که چو بگذری تو بر یاد دلم جز گریه نگیرد زغمت داد دلم
تا از تو جدا فتادم ای وای بمن یادت نرسد اگر به فریاد دلم