The Talk of Unbelief and Faith
Saeb Tabriziصائب تبریزی
گفتگوی کفر و دین آخر به یک جا می کشد
The talk of unbelief and faith comes in the end to one place:
خواب یک خواب است و باشد مختلف تعبیرها
the dream is one dream, though its interpretations differ.
A note for readers
A single couplet from a ghazal by Saeb, often quoted on its own: the quarrels of faiths, it says, are rival interpretations of a single dream. It is among the couplets chosen from Saeb’s Divan to stand on their own, and shows his gift for compressing a large idea into one comparison.
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I saw a bird perched on the ramparts of Tus,
with the skull of Kay Kavus set down before it.
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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.
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جلوه‌گر بگذشت بر چین نیم‌شب
The beginning of the Simorgh’s story, how wonderful:
in all his splendour he passed over China at midnight.