Number 19

RubāʿīLiterary Return
English

Number 19

What pain, that the idol I love is so quarrelsome, and from a single glance of hers my soul lies wounded. People ask me how my days are going, imagining I have a fine life of it.
Explanation: 'Bot' (idol) is a standard image for a beautiful, captivating beloved. The closing line plays on the double sense of 'roozgar' as both one's days and a good, easy life.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۱۹

دردا که بت ستیزه کاری دارم وز غمزه او جان فگاری دارم
مردم گویند روزگارت چونست می پندارند روزگاری دارم