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Rubai · 11th–12th centuryDraft

This Jug Was a Lover

Omar Khayyamخیام

این کوزه چو من عاشق زاری بوده است

This jug was once a wretched lover, as I am,

در بند سر زلف نگاری بوده ست

caught in the coils of a beloved’s curls;

این دسته که بر گردن او می‌بینی

this handle that you see upon its neck

دستی ست که برگردن یاری بوده ست

was an arm that lay around a lover’s neck.

Translation
Persiahaus Editors
Source
Draft translation from the Ganjoor text

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