Apocalypse

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A Rubái (quatrain) in Persian and English translation

Apocalypse quatrain

From the top of the dark dome of the mournful Night
With the eye of madness stares at me the Moon;
Is it my sinking heart in fear of a coming disaster,
Or the knowing Moon, who has kept his eye wide open?

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