Ephemerality

آنان که محیط فضل و آداب شدند

در جمع کمال شمع اصحاب شدند

ره زین شب تاریک نبردند برون

گفتند فسانه‌ای و در خواب شدند

 

Those who embraced excellence and gentility

Outshone comrades in horde of integrity

None found a way out of this dismal night

All spread a myth and fell with ephemerality

Ommar Khayyam

Translated by Mohsen A. J.

Jan. 11, 2015

Melodies

If only this life were like a music box:

All sounds were melodies,

All words were songs...

Ali Hatami

 

Viognier

ماییم و می و مطرب و این کنج خراب 

جان و دل و جام و جامه پر درد شراب

فارغ ز امید رحمت و بیم عذاب

آزاد ز خاک و باد از آتش و آب

We here, with wine abd warbler here in this desolate corner

Soul and heart tempted, so glass and garment by viognier

Clear of hope for compassion, so of fear of perdition

Free from earth, free from wind, free from fire, free from water

Omar Khayyam

Mohsen A. J. 

Jan. 1, 2015