English:=== Though a mystic has hurdles many to cross By the grace of God he isn't at loss Persian: Ta cheh baazi rukh numayad, baezaqay khahaem raand Arsaa e shatranj e rindaan ra majal shah neest Urdu: Daekhtay baazi ka rukh haen ik piyada chal kay ham Arsaa e shatranj e riddaan maen majal e sheh naheen English:=== The game of life is a game of chess To a clod like me it is simply a mess Persian: In cheh istaghnaast ya Rab, win cheh daawar haakim ast Kin hama zakhm e nihanast o majaal aah neest Urdu: Hay yeh kaisie bayniazi, kaisa yeh insaaf hay Is qader zakhm e nihaan aur dard bayperdeh naheen English:=== What sort of justice is it and why I'm not allowed even to sigh? Persian: Cheest in saqf e buland e saada e bisyaar naqsh Zin moamma hitch daana dar jahan aagah neest Urdu: Hay kahan daar ul haqiqat, kon hay is ka makeen Aqlmandaan e jahan is raaz say aageh naheeen English:=== And what is real, and what is not? No one, we know, knows what is what Persian: Her keh khahad goo bia o her keh khahad goo baroo Geerodar o hajib o darbaan dar in dargah neest Urdu: Jis ka jee chaha wo aaya, jis nay chaha wo gaya Yan pay koie geerodar o hajib e dargeh naheen English:=== The final reality is only God His august realm no one has trod Persian: Bar dar e maykhaana raftan kaar e yakrangaan bawad Khudfarooshan ra ba koo e mayfarooshan rah neest Urdu: Rehna may khanay kay dar per mukhlisoun ka kaam hay Khudfaroshoun ki ba koo e mayfaroshan reh naheen English:=== The wine of love is for the sincere Of pangs and pains they have no fear Persian: Banda e peer e kharabaatam keh lutfash daim ast Warna lutf e sheikh o zahid gah ast o gah neest Urdu: Banda e peer e mughan haen, us ka daim hay karam Warna lutf e sheikh o zahid gah hay aur geh naheen English:=== Oh, I am the slave of the abbot of pub Me always the preachers wrongly rub Persian: Sahib diwaan e ma goya nameedanad hisaab Kandarin taghra nishaan e hashat e allah neest Urdu: Sahib e diwaan ko kerna naheen aata hisaab Hukm maen us kay nishaan e hasbat e alleh naheen English:=== Of sin and virtue they keep an account And redemption and mercy they tend to discount
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