This Jug Was a Lover
Omar Khayyamخیام
این کوزه چو من عاشق زاری بوده است
This jug was once a wretched lover, as I am,
در بند سر زلف نگاری بوده ست
caught in the coils of a beloved’s curls;
این دسته که بر گردن او میبینی
this handle that you see upon its neck
دستی ست که برگردن یاری بوده ست
was an arm that lay around a lover’s neck.
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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.
A star shone out
سحر بلبل حکایت با صبا کرد
که عشق روی گل با ما چهها کرد
At dawn the nightingale told its tale to the east wind:
"See what love for the rose's face has done to us!"