Cloud and Wind, Moon and Sun
Saadiسعدی
ابر و باد و مه و خورشید و فلک در کارند
Cloud and wind, moon and sun and sky are all at work
تا تو نانی به کف آریّ و به غفلت نخوری
so that you may get bread in your hand, and not eat it heedlessly.
همه از بهر تو سرگشته و فرمان بردار
All of them turn and obey for your sake;
شرط انصاف نباشد که تو فرمان نبری
it is not fair if you do not obey.
A note for readers
These lines come from the preface of the Golestan, where Saadi praises God’s bounty to humankind. The preface is in prose, with short poems like this one set into it, and these couplets are among the most often quoted in the book.
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یک عمر می‌توان سخن از زلف یار گفت
در بند آن مباش که مضمون نمانده است
One could speak for a lifetime of the beloved’s tresses;
do not fret that there are no themes left.
A Lifetime on the Beloved’s Tresses
بلبلی برگ گلی خوش رنگ در منقار داشت
و اندر آن برگ و نوا خوش ناله‌های زار داشت
A nightingale held in its beak a rose petal of lovely colour,
and with that petal and its song it made sweet, piteous laments.
A nightingale held a rose petal
ستاره ای بدرخشید و ماه مجلس شد
دل رمیده ما را رفیق و مونس شد
A star shone out and became the moon of the gathering,
became friend and companion to our startled heart.