You, who make all my hardship easy
And the garden, trees, flowers, drunk with
your gifts;
The rose is drunk, the thorn is lost in dream;
Pour one more cup, they'll join in your wine's
stream.
#544: From Rumi's Kolliyaat-e
Shams-e Tabrizi
Edited by Badiozzaman Forouzanfar (Tehran, Amir Kabir, 1988).
Translated by Zara Houshmand
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