" Pish az man w^a tu lail wa nahare budast

" Pish az man w^a tu lail wa nahare budast, 
Gardanda falak za bahr-i-kari budast, 
Zinhar qadam ba khak ahista nihi 
K'an mardumak-i-chashm-i-nigrare budast." Omar Khawam. 

" Days changed to nights ere you were bom or I, 
And on its business ever rolled the sky, 
See you tread gently on this dust, perchance 
'Twas once the apple of a beauty's eye." (Whinfield).