They Say Paradise Is Sweet with Houris
Omar Khayyamخیام
گویند کسان بهشت با حور خوش است
People say paradise is sweet with its houris;
من میگویم که آب انگور خوش است
I say the juice of the grape is sweet.
این نقد بگیر و دست از آن نسیه بدار
Take this cash and let go of that credit:
کاواز دهل شنیدن از دور خوش است
the sound of a drum is sweet from far away.
A note for readers
One of the boldest quatrains in the Khayyam tradition, setting the wine of the present against the promised houris of paradise. The last line is a Persian proverb: a drum sounds pleasant only at a distance. As with all the Rubaiyat, it is uncertain whether Khayyam himself wrote it.
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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.