There Are A Hundred Kinds Of Prayer (Quatrain in Farsi with English Translation)
emrôz chô har rôz, kharâb-êm kharâb
ma-g'shâ dar andêsha-wo bar gîr rabâb
Sad gôna namâz-ast-o rukû`-ast-o sujûd
ân-râ ke jamâl-é dôst bâsh-ad miHrâb
Today, like every day, we are ruined, ruined (by "wine").
Don't open the door of worry, but take up the lute!
There are a hundred kinds of prayer, bowing, and prostration6
For the one whose prayer-niche, is the beauty of the Beloved
From "The Rubâ`iyât" of Jalâluddîn Rûmî (in the Dîwân-é Kabîr, also known as "Kulliyat-é Shams" and "Dîwân-é Shams-é Tabrîz") Adapted from "The Quatrains of Rumi," by Ibrahim Gamard and Ravan Farhadi, an unpublished manuscript of over 800 pages.
