The First Step in Love
Fakhr al-Din Iraqiعراقی
اول قدم از عشق سر انداختن است
The first step in love is to throw away your head,
جان باختن است و با بلا ساختن است
to stake your life and make peace with affliction.
اول این است و آخرش دانی چیست؟
That is the beginning; do you know what the end is?
خود را ز خودی خود بپرداختن است
It is to empty yourself of your own selfhood.
A note for readers
A quatrain from Iraqi’s Divan on the road of love: it begins with giving up your head and your life, and ends with giving up the self itself.
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I saw a bird perched on the ramparts of Tus,
with the skull of Kay Kavus set down before it.
A Bird on the Walls of Tus
یکی قطره باران ز ابری چکید
خجل شد چو پهنای دریا بدید
A drop of rain fell from a cloud;
it was ashamed when it saw the breadth of the sea.
A Drop of Rain
ابتدای کار سیمرغ ای عجب
جلوه‌گر بگذشت بر چین نیم‌شب
The beginning of the Simorgh’s story, how wonderful:
in all his splendour he passed over China at midnight.