professor Panāhiān:

Shaykh Rajab Ali Khayyat

In a cold wintry midnight, when it was a heavy snow and all the roads and alleys were in white, I looked down the alley and saw someone at the end. He was leaning his head to the wall, while there was a heap of snow on his head!

I told myself,” Maybe he is an addicted homeless that had syncope!”

[But when]I went forward, I saw he is a young man!

I shook him!

He was shocked and wondered,” what are you doing?!”

I said,” It seems you are not noticed! You, youngster

Snow! Snow! There is a bulk of snow on his head

It looks you have spent a long time here!

You will get sick, [otherwise]!

Or God forbid, you will die!

What on Earth you are doing here?

While he seemed he didn’t listen to my words, he pointed with his head!

[There] I saw, he has been gazing to the window of a house!

I realized, he was in love! [Then], I sat down and cried deeply!

The young man wondered, sat down near me and asked, “What’s the matter with you, old man? Are you in love too?”

I said,” Before I saw you, I had supposed I am in love! [Lover of Mahdi (hgr); Fatimah (pbuh)’ son]. But since I have seen [how you are infatuate to reach to your love], I know that I haven’t been the lover and it was just a false claim!

Is it the way that, a lover neglects his/ her beloved [even] a moment?!

Oh! Sahib al-Zaman (hgr)! We are ashamed sir!