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ای که پنجاه رفت و در خوابی، مگر این پنج روز دریابی

Ey ke panjâh raft o dar khâbi, magar in panj ruz daryâbi

You whose fifty years have passed while still asleep — will you at least seize these last five days?

Saadi · Golestan

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بنی آدم اعضای یکدیگرند که در آفرینش ز یک گوهرند

The children of Adam are limbs of one another, formed in creation from a single essence.

چو عضوی به درد آورد روزگار، دگر عضوها را نماند قرار

When one limb is afflicted with pain, the other limbs cannot rest easy.

تو کز محنت دیگران بی‌غمی، نشاید که نامت نهند آدمی

You who feel no sorrow for others' suffering do not deserve to be called human.

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