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‫ رباعیات سنایی غزنوی‬ ‫* ‫ ‫ ‫ مر جاه ترا بلندی جوزا باد‬ ‫درگاه ترا سیاست دریا باد‬ ‫رأی تو ز روشنی فلک سیما باد‬ ‫خورشید سعادت تو بر بالا باد ‬ ‬ ‬ ‬ سنایی غزنوی    

  At The Back Of Progress The fellow who sits in the air-conditioned office is the one who in his youth raped a dozen or so young girls, and, at cocktail parties, is secretly stricken with lust, fastening his eyes …

‫ ‫منفی‬‬‬‬ .‬ ‫‬‫ ‬‬‬ ‫در انتهای خلوت و تنهايی ثقيل زندگی‬ ‫کاشک دستی ميبود که طرح زدايش دردها را‬ ‫در سوسوی مرده يک چراغ نفتی‬ ‫زنده ميساخت‬ ‫ ‬ ‫در انتهای سرک های اين غمکده‬ ‫کاشک قامتی فرشته وار …

And you as well must die, belovèd dust   And you as well must die, belovèd dust, And all your beauty stand you in no stead; This flawless, vital hand, this perfect head, This body of flame and steel, before …

‫ ‬‫ باز جواب انبیا علیهم السلام . انبیا گفتند فال زشت و بد از میان جانتان دارد مدد گر تو جایی خفته باشی با خطر اژدها در قصد تو از سوی سر مهربانی مر ترا آگاه کرد که بجه …

  A Thought For A Lonely Death-Bed IF God compel thee to this destiny, To die alone, with none beside thy bed To ruffle round with sobs thy last word said And mark with tears the pulses ebb from thee,– …

  Beauteous Individuality Thou in truth shouldst be one, yet not with the whole shouldst thou be so. ‘Tis through the reason thou’rt one,–art so with it through the heart. Voice of the whole is thy reason, but thou thine …

  Good-bye, and Keep Cold This saying good-bye on the edge of the dark And cold to an orchard so young in the bark Reminds me of all that can happen to harm An orchard away at the end of …

  Address to the Unco Guid My Son, these maxims make a rule, An’ lump them aye thegither; The Rigid Righteous is a fool, The Rigid Wise anither: The cleanest corn that ere was dight May hae some pyles o’ …

  Come not when I am dead Come not, when I am dead, To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave, To trample round my fallen head, And vex the unhappy dust thou wouldst not save. There let the wind …

  Unyielding When I called you in your garden Mango blooms were rich in fragrance – Why did you remain so distant, Keep your doors so tightly fastened? Blossoms grew to ripe fruit-clusters – Your rejected my cuppded handfuls, Closed …

  Discourse Something I want to say No, let it go off As you know No change will bring forth. Say, Something I want to listen No, please stop As I know No one will tell the truth. Let’s move …

  Another Life Women spend the afternoon squatting on the porch, picking lice from each other’s hair. They spend the evening feeding the little ones, lulling them to sleep in the glow of the bottle lamp. The rest of the …

‫ ‫ياس بنفش‬‬‬‬ .‬ ‫‬‫ ‬‬ ‫زبانم را کسی هرگز‬ ‫نمی فهمد، نميداند‬ ‫ميان تلخ عصری‬ ‫مانده ام مبهوت و سرگردان‬ ‫و با يک موج قو مانند افکاری‬ ‫که راه رفتن و پرواز را‬ ‫در هجره انديشه هايم‬ ‫باز گم …

  Contagion Elephants are contagious! Be careful how you tread. An Elephant that’s been trodden on Should be confined to bed! Leopards are contagious too. Be careful tiny tots. They don’t give you a temperature But lots and lots – …

‫ ‬‫ مکرر کردن قوم اعتراض ترجیه بر انبیا علیهم‌السلام . قوم گفتند از شما سعد خودیت نحس مایید و ضدیت و مرتدیت جان ما فارغ بد از اندیشه‌ها در غم افکندید ما را و عنا ذوق جمعیت که بود …

Sonnet On Approaching Italy I REACHED the Alps: the soul with in me burned Italia, my Italia, at thy name: And when from out the mountain’s heart I came And saw the land for which my life had yearned, I …

‫ رباعیات سنایی غزنوی‬ ‫* ‫ ‫ ‫اندر همه عمر من بسی وقت صبوح‬ ‫آمد بر من خیال آن راحت روح‬ ‫پرسید ز من که چون شدی تو مجروح‬ ‫گفتم ز وصال تو همين بود فتوح‬ ‬ ‬ ‬ ‬ …

  Another Paradise Lost One sleepy summer afternoon, while helping myself to a glass of chilled water, I saw a snake lying curled under the fridge. It could have been a very poisonous cobra. Very quickly, I chose my mode …

‫ ‬‫ باز جواب انبیا علیهم السلام ایشان را . انبیا گفتند نومیدی بدست فضل و رحمتهای باری بی‌حدست از چنین محسن نشاید ناامید دست در فتراک این رحمت زنید ای بسا کارا که اول صعب گشت بعد از آن …