this year my soul's lesser than last year ياران گزيده داشتم روزي امروز چه شد كه نيست كس يارم؟ I had many selected friends what has become no one's remain هر نيمه شب آسمان ستوه آيد از ناله سخت و گريه ي زارم every night the sky's made sad with my painful sadness cryings محبوس چرا شدم نمي دانم دانم كه نه دزدم و نه عيارم I fell in jail, why? I don't know I just know: I'm not still nor wicked بسيار اميد بود بر طبعم اي واي اميد هاي بسيارم to much desires I had before oh alas! where is my lost desires Couplet: Transliteration: Gardoon beh ranj o dard mara kushteh bood agar! Paiwand e umr e man neh shudey nazm e jan fizaaey! Translation: Had this sky (fate) got me killed with grief and pain (in my imprisoned state)! This patch (of garment) of my life would not have yielded life giving poetry! Notes References Jan Rypka, History of Iranian Literature. Reidel Publishing Company. ASIN B-000-6BXVT-K Selected Masud Sa'd Salman poems by Dr. Ismail Hakemi, Amir kabir publishing association, See also List of Persian poets and authors List of people from Lahore Persian literature 1046 births 1121 deaths 11th-century Persian-language poets 12th-century Persian-language poets 11th-century Iranian people 12th-century Iranian people Ghaznavid-period poets People from Lahore