Amir Khosro Alai

Krishna, you are the creator and my abode,
You hear my prayer and know the world,

You always give me what I need,
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My mind is contaminated with material lust,
I am struggling with myself to do what I must,

I read all the books written through the ages,
I searched for the wisdom known to sages,
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Love me forever as I love you,
I need your love to live life through,
When I found you that first time,
My life turned to joy and sublime,
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: حافظ شیرازی
اگر آن ترک شیرازی بدست آرد دل مارا
به خال هندویش بخشم سمرقند و بخارا را
: صائب تبریزی
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I would like to state my thoughts,
As an attempt to remove my doubts,
God's mud playing and his six days hold,
Is it the imagination of man as a story told?
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Neither greetings, nor salute,
I am not black or either white,
Not as you've said, or as you've read,
What was told or what was heard,
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The morning breeze greeting the dawn,
Lusters the green grass of the lawn,
Tempting to rest, lie under the sun,
Lest to enjoy, in case have fun,
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For every birth there will be a death,
It is just a matter of time and faith,

For Dr. Heshmat who has lived a glorious life on Earth,
The gates of heaven are wide open, waiting an eternal birth,
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I passed through solid and rose as plant,
Emerged as animal when I died off plant,

When died as animal, I became a man,
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My beautiful bird, if you come to me,
A blossoming spring for us shall be,

Tenderly soothing my broken heart,
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My aunt had a lovely daughter named Mehry,
Her acts and deeds matched an angel so fairly,
She lived her life contemplating on Baha,
The sole key to enter the Kingdom of Abha,
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Like the gravity holding me down,
Satan is a wave or a trend in town,
Alike the air wrapping me around,
Embracing, dragging down my mind,
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چه شد روزگاران تاج کیان،
چه شد عصر جمشید و شیر ژیان،
عرب را که میخورد ملخ در کویر،
بگشت کشورش عاری از یک فقیر،
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I put all my desires off my heart,
Those not given are not my part,
No longer dream, no wish to make,
What is given to me is what I take,
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Time: current, intangible, dimension, is a might,
Measured by turning around or the speed of light,

Time brings birth and time brings death,
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آن بتکده که عرب نهادش کعبه،
سنگیست به روی سنگ همچون جعبه،
آن خدا که در عالم هستی شده نیست،
در خانه سنگی چه کند چون کس نیست،
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Did all I wanted and took what I could,
Healthy and happy, I touch the wood,
Life doesn't treat me, I treat life,
The one I can't handle is my wife,
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He lived long and he lived well,
He sure in heaven dwells as well,
A man of honor, a man of fame,
Still in Iran remains his name,
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