Se Robaa'i az Omar Xayyaam (1048-1122)

1

Guyand kas aan behesht baa hur xosh ast

Man mi guyam ke aab e angur xosh ast

In naqd begir o dast az aan nasye bedaar

K’aavaaz e dohol shenidan az dur xosh ast

گويند کَسان بهشت با حور خوش است

من می گويم که آبِ انگور خوش است

اين نقد بگير و دست از آن نسيِه بدار

کآواز ِ دُهُل شنيدن از دور خوش است

Some for the Glories of This World; and some

Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come;

Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go,

Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!

2

Az jerm e gel e siyaah taa owj e zohal

Kard-am hame moshkelaat e kolli raa hal

Bogshaad-am band haa ye moshkel be hiyal

Har band goshaade shod be joz band e ajal

از جِرم ِ گِل ِ سياه  تا  اوج ِ  زُحَل

کَردم همه مشکلاتِ کلی را حل

بگشادم بند های مشکل به حِيَل

هر بند گشاده شد بجُز بندِ اجَل

Up from Earth's Center through the Seventh Gate

I rose, and on the Throne of Saturn sate,

  And many a Knot unravel'd by the Road;

But not the Master-knot of Human Fate.

3

Asrar e azal raa na to dani o na man

V’in xatt e moammaa na to xaani o na man

Hast andar pas e parde goft-o-gu ye man o to

Con parde bar oftad, na to maani o na man

اسرار ِ  ا زل  را  نه تو دانی و نه من

وين  خط ِ مُعَمّا  نه  تو خوانی  و نه  من

هست اندر پسِ ِ پرده گفت وگوی من و تو

چون پرده بر افتد نه تو مانی و نه من

There was the Door to which I found no Key;

There was the Veil through which I might not see:

  Some little talk awhile of ME and THEE

There was--and then no more of THEE and ME.