I am a fallen person in a thousand sorrows
In each breath my life's looking to end
I am prisoner without sin
with no reason fallen into trouble
stars have sworn to hurt me
the sky has come to fight with me
today my pain is higher than yesterday
this year my soul's less than last year
I had many selected friends
what has become of them, no one remains
every night the sky's made sad
with my painful crying sadness
I fell into jail, why? I don't know
I just know: I'm not still nor wicked
Mas'ud-i Sa'd-i Salmān (c. 1046 - 1121) India
Translator not stated, but possibly Dr. Ismail Hakemi
In each breath my life's looking to end
I am prisoner without sin
with no reason fallen into trouble
stars have sworn to hurt me
the sky has come to fight with me
today my pain is higher than yesterday
this year my soul's less than last year
I had many selected friends
what has become of them, no one remains
every night the sky's made sad
with my painful crying sadness
I fell into jail, why? I don't know
I just know: I'm not still nor wicked
Mas'ud-i Sa'd-i Salmān (c. 1046 - 1121) India
Translator not stated, but possibly Dr. Ismail Hakemi
Source: Wikipedia
A Persian poet of the Ghaznavid empire which exetnded into India, where he was born
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