At night I remember you, O piece of the moon; by day I am helpless wit — Baba Taher | Persian Listing

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BABA TAHER

به شو یاد تو ای مه‌پاره هستم، به روز از درد و غم بیچاره هستم

Be sho yâd-e to ey mah-pâre hastam, be ruz az dard o gham bichâre hastam

At night I remember you, O piece of the moon; by day I am helpless with pain and grief.

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ببندم شال و می‌پوشم قدک را، بنازم گردش چرخ و فلک را

Let me tie my shawl and don my humble cloak, and bow to the turning of the wheel of heaven.

تن محنت‌کشی دیرم خدایا، دل با غم خوشی دیرم خدایا

O God, I have a body worn by suffering; a heart that has made peace with grief.

نفس شومم به دنیا بهر آن است، که تن از بهر موران پروران‌ست

My ill-fated self came to this world only to feed this body for the worms of the grave.

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