Pearl by Pearl, Let the Tears Fall
Khaqaniخاقانی
صبح‌گاهی سر خوناب جگر بگشایید
At daybreak, unseal the blood of your hearts;
ژاله صبح‌دم از نرگس تر بگشایید
let the morning dew fall from your wet narcissus eyes.
دانه‌دانه گهر اشک ببارید چنانک
Rain down the pearls of your tears bead by bead, as though
گره رشته تسبیح ز سر بگشایید
you had untied the knot at the end of a rosary string.
خاک لب‌تشنه خون است و ز سرچشمه دل
The earth is thirsty for blood: from the wellspring of the heart
آب آتش‌زده چون چاه سقر بگشایید
release a burning water, like the pit of hell.
A note for readers
The opening of the elegy Khaqani wrote for his son Rashid al-Din, which the heading in the Divan calls Tarannom al-Masa’eb. The poet calls on the mourners to weep at dawn, their tears spilling like pearls from a rosary whose knot has been untied. Khaqani lost this son young and mourned him in more than one poem.
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