I-V
Come1
and take from2
me that old wine’s bowl.3
Which gives the dust of bowl4 quite a new soul,
If you water this poppy from my can,
A branch5 will grow to the size of a man.
1.
Come=to join his path.
2.
Take from me learn.
3.
Old wine’s bowl, viz, the lover’s way.
4.
Dust of bowl; a hint or allusion to the lover’s heart.
5.
A branch; or poppy’s branch =the whole nation, the Ummah, or one man.
Basic thought:-
If you would learn some Knowledgeable things from me, the branch (an individual) of this poppy may be six feet long against its usual length of one foot.