Grass by the Stream

هر سبزه که برکنار جویی رسته است

Every blade of grass that grows beside a stream

گویی ز لب فرشته خویی رسته است

seems to have sprung from the lip of one with an angel’s nature;

پا بر سر سبزه تا به خواری ننهی

do not set your foot with scorn upon the grass,

کان سبزه ز خاک لاله رویی رسته است

for that grass sprang from the dust of one with a tulip’s face.