#1
چنین داد خوانیم بر یزدگرد
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وگر کینه خوانیم ازین هفت گرد
“Shall we deem this fate of Yazdegerd as justice, or vengeance wreaked by these seven revolving spheres?”
#2
اگر خود نداند همی کین و داد
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مرا فیلسوف ایچ پاسخ نداد
“If even the sage himself knows not justice from vengeance, then he has offered me no answer at all.”
#3
وگر گفت دینی همه بسته گفت
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بماند همی پاسخ اندر نهفت
“And if he spoke from religious lore, he spoke only in riddles; thus the true answer remained veiled in mystery.”
#4
اگر هیچ گنجست ای نیک رای
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بیارای و دل را به فردا مپای
“If you possess any treasure, O person of noble sense, adorn your life now and do not pin your heart upon tomorrow.”
#5
که گیتی همی بر تو بر بگذرد
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زمانه دم ما همی‌بشمرد
“For the world continually passes you by, and Time relentlessly counts our every breath.”
#6
در خوردنت چیره کن برنهاد
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اگر خود بمانی دهد آنک داد
“Overcome your stinginess when enjoying your wealth; if you endure, He who granted once shall grant again.”
#7
مرا دخل و خرج ار برابر بدی
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زمانه مرا چون برادر بدی
“Had my income but equaled my expenses, Time would have treated me like a loving brother.”
#8
تگرگ آمد امسال بر سان مرگ
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مرا مرگ بهتر بُدی از تگرگ
“A ruinous hail fell this year like death itself; indeed, death would have been kinder to me than this hail.”
#9
در هیزم و گندم و گوسفند
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ببست این برآورده چرخ بلند
“The high revolving heavens closed off all access to firewood, wheat, and sheep.”
#10
می آور که از روزمان بس نماند
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چنین بود تا بود و بر کس نماند
“Bring forth wine, for little of our days remains; thus it has ever been, and for no man does this world endure.”