Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi

Here you will find the Poem Quatrain 1693 (Farsi with English Translation) of poet Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi

Quatrain 1693 (Farsi with English Translation)

ay sâqî, az-ân bâda ke awwal dâd-î 
riTlê dô dar andâz-o be-y-afzâ shâdî 
yâ châshniyê az-ân na-bâyast namûd 
yâ mast-o kharâb kon, chô sar be-g'shâd-î 

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

English Translation

O cupbearer, from that wine which you first gave, 
Toss in two [more] cups worth and increase (my) happiness. 
Either a taste of it must not be made known, 
Or, if you have opened the [jug's] top, you must make (me)drunk and ruined.