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تا به دست آورم آن دلبر پردستان را
میندانم چکنم چاره من این دستان را
تا به دست آورم آن دلبر پردستان را
او به شمشیر جفا خون دلم میریزد
تابه خون دل من رنگ کند دستان را
من بیچاره تهیدستم ازان میترسم
که وصالش ندهد دست تهیدستان را
دامن وصلش اگر من به کف آرم روزی
ندهم تا به قیامت دگر از دست آن را
در صفاتش نرسد گرچه بسی شرح دهد
طوطی طبع من آن بلبل پردستان را
هوس اوست دلم را چه توان گفت اگر
دست بر سرو بلندش نرسد پستان را؟
نرگس مست وی آزار دلم میطلبد
آنکه در عربده میآورد او مستان را
گر ببینم رخ خوبش نکنم میل به باغ
زانکه چون عارض او نیست گلی بستان را
هر که دیدست نگارین من اندر همه عمر
به تماشا نرود هیچ نگارستان را
نیست بر سعدی ازین واقعه و نیست عجب
گر غم فرقت او نیست کند هستان را
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tajiktexts on 2017-01-26

English
Translation
How can they touch the enchanting hands of that beloved?
I don’t know, so what should I do with my empty, bare hands,
How can they touch the enchanting veiled hands of that beloved?
Her sword of cruelty has made my heart’s blood flow,
To paint slowly on her delicate hands a color like my blood.
I’m lost, bewildered, for I am empty-handed, trembling with fear,
I dread that I’d return grieving from her union, like the others.
If luck favors me and I win closeness to her one day,
I’ll never let it go, even if Judgment Day draws near, ever.
Though I’ve lavished words in describing her, words fail to describe her one day,
My tongue only repeats, like a parrot, unable to describe that nightingale’s feeling and what it saw.
What can I say if my heart yearns for her, if
My hand cannot reach the charms her graceful figure carries?
My heart’s pain gazes at her drowsy narcissus eyes,
Which stir the madness of lovers and set minds ablaze.
If I see her beautiful face, no garden draws my gaze,
Nor any flower in a meadow matches her radiant shine.
Whoever will one day see the beauty I saw will not yearn to see mere displayed drawings of beauties, in all their life.
It’s not surprising for Saadi that he fell into this fate, no wonder at all,
For the sorrow of her absence will not easily vanish from existence, ever.
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