Rumi quatrain #641, Foruzanfar

What ennobles the mystical concert,
But when departs leaves all loss and waste?
Secretly it comes and goes, ’till we know
The taste for sama is not daf nor flute.

Note: sama= mystical concert
daf= frame drum

آن چیست کازو سماعها را شرفست
وان چیست که چون رفت محل تلفست
می آید و رود نهان تا دانند
کاین ذوق سماعها نه از نای و دفست

 

 

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