Rumi	Write for The Iranian Editorial policy

Was such a drunk ever seen in the tavern of love,

Or such broken and shabby old vats to hold the wine?

The courtyard's awash in wine, overflowing the sky --

Was such a full cup ever seen in a drunkard's hand?

#684, from Rumi's Kolliyaat-e Shams-e Tabrizi
Edited by Badiozzaman Forouzanfar (Tehran, Amir Kabir, 1988).

Translated by Zara Houshmand
Zara Houshmand's features index

RECOMMENDED

Rumi: The Life Teachings and Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi
By Frankin D. Lewis

The Essential Rumi
American bestseller
By Coleman Barks (Translator)

Comment for The Iranian letters section