At your gathering, whoever drinks the pure wine,
far from you ends up drinking tears of blood instead.
Lord, let no stone ever break it:
the cup from which a thirsty soul has drunk its water.
Explanation: 'Tears of blood' is a classic Persian image for grief and longing. The poet prays that the beloved (the cup that quenched another's thirst) stay safe from harm.
Original · Persian
شمارهٔ ۷
در بزم تو هر کس که می ناب خورد
دور از تو به جای باده خوناب خورد
یارب نرسد زسنگش آسیب شکست
جامی که ازو تشنه لبی آب خورد