#1
چراغ اَست مَر تیره شَب را بَسیچ
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به بَد تا تَوانی تو هَرگز مَپیچ
“A lamp is prepared to illuminate the dark night; turn never toward evil so long as you might.”
#2
چو سی روز گردش بپیمایَدا
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شَوَد تیره گیتی بِدو روشَنا
“When it completes thirty days of its celestial round, the dark world is illuminated by its light profound.”
#3
پَدید آید آنگاه باریک و زَرد
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چو پُشتِ کسی کو غَمِ عشق خْوَرد
“At first it appears slender and yellow to the view, like the stooped back of a lover whom grief holds true.”
#4
چو بیننده دیدارش اَز دور دید
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هَم اَندَر زَمان او شَوَد ناپَدید
“No sooner does the beholder glimpse its form from afar, than it vanishes instantly beneath the sky's bar.”
#5
دِگَر شَب نمایش کُنَد بیش‌تَر
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تو را روشَنایی دَهَد بیش‌تَر
“On the following night, it reveals a greater share, bestowing more radiance through the nighttime air.”
#6
به دو هَفته گَردَد تَمام و دُرُست
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بِدان باز گَردَد که بود از نُخُست
“In two weeks' time it reaches perfection and fullness whole, then turns back toward the state where it began its role.”
#7
بُوَد هَر شَبانگاه باریک‌تَر
✦
به خورشیدِ تابَنده نَزدیک‌تَر
“Each night thereafter it grows more slender and faint, drawing ever closer to the glowing Sun's constraint.”
#8
بِدینسان نَهادَش خداوندِ داد
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بُوَد تا بُوَد هَم بِدین یِک نَهاد
“In this wise did the Lord of Justice ordain its state; so shall it remain unchanged by eternal fate.”