quatrain 1474

From sunlight, a version of quatrain #1474:

My heart is the rubaab, your love the bow.
My soul weeps quietly
as you play me your song.

Play on, my Beloved!
Let me not miss one note of your melody
nor one beat of your heart.

-- Version by Jonathan Star and Shahram Shiva
A Garden Beyond Paradise
Bantam Books, 1992

quatrain 428

From sunlight, a version of quatrain #428:

In one sweet moment,
She burst from my heart.
There we sat on the floor,
drinking ruby wine.
Trapped by Her beauty,
I saw and touched –
My whole face became eyes,
All my eyes became hands.

-- Version by Jonathan Star and Shahram Shiva
A Garden Beyond Paradise
Bantam Books, 1992