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2261-2270

  • Would that my mother had not borne me, or that a lion had devoured me in the pasture!
  • کاشکی مادر نزادی مر مرا  ** یا مرا شیری بخوردی در چرا 
  • O God, do Thou what is worthy to be done by Thee, for from every hole a snake is biting me.
  • ای خدا آن کن که از تو می‌سزد  ** که ز هر سوراخ مارم می‌گزد 
  • I have a soul of stone, and my heart is of iron, otherwise they would have turned into blood in this sorrow and lamentation.
  • جان سنگین دارم و دل آهنین  ** ورنه خون گشتی درین رنج و حنین 
  • The time presses and I have (only) one moment (left): act in kingly fashion, come to my aid!
  • وقت تنگ آمد مرا و یک نفس  ** پادشاهی کن مرا فریاد رس 
  • If Thou wilt cover me up (conceal my sin) this time, (henceforth) I repent of everything that ought not to be done. 2265
  • گر مرا این بار ستاری کنی  ** توبه کردم من ز هر ناکردنی 
  • Accept my repentance this once more, that I may gird myself with a hundred belts for repentance.
  • توبه‌ام بپذیر این بار دگر  ** تا ببندم بهر توبه صد کمر 
  • If I commit any fault (in keeping my vow) this time, then do not hearken again to my prayer and words (of entreaty).”
  • من اگر این بار تقصیری کنم  ** پس دگر مشنو دعا و گفتنم 
  • Thus was he moaning while a hundred tears flowed (from his eyes). “I have fallen,” he cried, “into the hands of the executioner and policeman.
  • این همی زارید و صد قطره روان  ** که در افتادم به جلاد و عوان 
  • Let no Frank die such a death: may no mulhid (Ismá‘ílí or ‘Assassin’) have (cause to make) this lamentation!”
  • تا نمیرد هیچ افرنگی چنین  ** هیچ ملحد را مبادا این حنین 
  • He was uttering cries of mourning over his soul, (for) he saw the face of Azrael (coming) nearer and nearer. 2270
  • نوحه‌ها کرد او بر جان خویش  ** روی عزرائیل دیده پیش پیش