Persian with RUMI

Ruba'ie #118

That naked fire
Wherein thou didst expire,
Two hundred beauties were
Not half so fair.

That flame of Love,
The nakedness thereof--
What visions of desire
Leap in its fire!

 

Ân âtash-e sâdeh ke tô râ khôrd -ô- bekast,
Ân sâdeh beh áz dô sad neghâr-e zibâ-st.

Ân âtash-e shahvat ke chô sâf -ô- sâdeh-ást,
Benghar che neghâr-ân ke áz ân âtash khâst.

Vocabulary

Ân = That
Âtash = Fire, flame
Sâdeh = Simple
Ke = Which, that
Tô = You
Râ = Particle suffixed to a noun or pronoun as a sign of the definite
direct object.
Khôrd = Gnawed, eaten, corrosion
Ô = also can be written "va" means and.
Bekast =Deminished, reduced
Beh = Better
Áz = From
Dô = Two
Sad = Hundred
Neghâr = Sweetheart, Beloved
Zibâ = Beautiful
Ást = Is
Shahvat = Passion
Chô = Like
Sâf = Pure, naked
Benghar = Look, watch
Che = How, as, what
Khâst = Rise

 

by Eliza Tashibi