#1
مرا سال بگذشت برشست و پنج
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نه نیکو بود گر بیازم به گنج
“My years have now surpassed sixty and five; it is no longer fitting to strain after earthly treasure.”
#2
مگر بهره بر گیرم از پند خویش
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بر اندیشم از مرگ فرزند خویش
“Perhaps I ought to take counsel from my own wisdom, and deeply reflect upon the death of my son.”
#3
مرا بود نوبت برفت آن جوان
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ز دردش منم چون تن بی‌روان
“It was my turn to depart, yet that youth went instead; from his grief I have become like a body bereft of soul.”
#4
شتابم همی تا مگر یابمش
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چویابم به بیغاره بشتابمش
“I hasten onward so that perchance I may find him; and when I find him, I shall reproach him in haste,”
#5
که نوبت مرا بود بی‌کام من
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چرا رفتی و بردی آرام من
“Saying: 'It was my turn, against my heart's longing! Why did you go and strip away all my peace?”
#6
ز بدها تو بودی مرا دستگیر
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چرا چاره جستی ز همراه پیر
“You were my guiding hand against life’s evils; why did you seek a way to part from your aged companion?”
#7
مگر همرهان جوان یافتی
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که از پیش من تیز بشتافتی
“Did you perchance find younger companions, that you rushed away ahead of me so swiftly?'”
#8
جوان را چو شد سال برسی و هفت
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نه بر آرزو یافت گیتی برفت
“When the young man reached the age of thirty-seven, he departed the world without fulfilling his heart's desires.”
#9
همی‌بود همواره با من درشت
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برآشفت و یکباره بنمود پشت
“He was ever harsh with me in his struggle; then suddenly he grew angry and turned his back upon me completely.”
#10
برفت و غم و رنجش ایدر بماند
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دل و دیدهٔ من به خون درنشاند
“He departed, leaving his grief and anguish behind; he drowned my heart and eyes in tears of blood.”
#11
کنون او سوی روشنایی رسید
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پدر را همی جای خواهد گزید
“Now he has arrived at the realm of light; surely he is choosing a place for his father to join him.”
#12
برآمد چنین روزگار دراز
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کزان همرهان کس نگشتند باز
“Such a long span of time has passed, yet none of those who travelled onward have ever returned.”
#13
همانا مرا چشم دارد همی
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ز دیر آمدن خشم دارد همی
“Surely he is watching and waiting for me, feeling anger at my tardy arrival.”
#14
ورا سال سی بد مرا شصت و هفت
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نپرسید زین پیر و تنها برفت
“He was thirty-seven years of age and I sixty-seven; he did not consult this old man and left all alone.”
#15
وی اندر شتاب و من اندر درنگ
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ز کردارها تا چه آید به چنگ
“He was in swift haste while I linger behind; who knows what shall come to hand from our earthly deeds?”
#16
روان تو دارنده روشن کناد
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خرد پیش جان تو جوشن کناد
“May the Creator illuminate your soul! May wisdom serve as armor protecting your spirit!”
#17
همی‌خواهم از کردگار جهان
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ز روزی ده آشکار و نهان
“I beseech the Sovereign Creator of the world, the Provider of all things secret and revealed,”
#18
که یکسر ببخشد گناه مرا
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درخشان کند تیره گاه مرا
“That He may utterly forgive all my sins, and cause my dark resting place to shine with glory.”