Omar Khayyam: "I want a book of poems..." (From Persian)

"I want a book of poems..."
Omar Khayyam
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
Click to hear me recite the original in Persian,

I want a book of poems, some red wine,
Some air to breathe, some bread on which to dine,
With you beside me in some empty ruin.
No Sultan's state will be as sweet as mine.

The Original:

تنگى مى لعل خواهم و ديوانى

سد رمقي بايد و نصف نانى

وانگه من و تو نشسته در و يرانى

خوشتر بود از مملكت سلطانى

Romanization:

Tungē may-i la'l xwāham o dīwānē
Sadd-i ramaqē bāyad o nisf-i nānē
W-āngah man o to nišasta dar wērānē
Xwaštar buwad az mamlakat-i sultānē.

Tajik Cyrillic:

тунге майи лаъл хоҳаму дивоне

садди рамақе бояду нисфи ноне

вонгаҳ ман у ту нишаста дар вайроне

хуштар бувад аз мамлакати султоне

Note: Yes, this is the one that became really famous in Edward Fitzgerald's translation as:
"A book of verses underneath the bough
A Jug of Wine, a loaf of bread and Thou
Beside me sitting in the wilderness.
O, wilderness were paradise enow."

Omar Khayyam: "Because my birth was by no choice.." (From Persian)

"Because my birth was by no choice..."
By Omar Khayyam
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
Click to hear me recite the original Persian

Because my birth was by no choice of mine
And my sure death some other's grim design,
Wine-bearer, do your duty: fill my glass.
We'll drown creation's agony in wine!

The Original:

چون آمدن به من نبد روز نخست

وین رفتن بی مراد عزمی ست درست

بر خیز و میان ببند ای ساقی چست

کاندوه جهان به می فرو خواهم شست

Romanization:

Čūn āmadanam ba man nabud rōz-i naxust

W-īn raftan-i bēmurād 'azmēst durust

Barxēz o miyān biband ay sāqī-i čust

K-andōh-i jahān ba may firō xwāham šust 

Omar Khayyam: "This pot once had a mind in love..." (From Persian)

"This pot once had a mind in love..."
Omar Khayyam
Click to hear me recite the original in Persian

This pot once had a mind in love like me,
Held by a lock of hair's captivity.
That handle at its neck was once a hand
Clasping a lover's neck insatiably.

The Original:

این کوزه چو من عاشق زاری بوده است

در بند سر زلف نگاری بوده‌ست

این دسته که بر گردن او می‌بینی

دستی‌ست که برگردن یاری بوده‌ست

Tajik Cyrillic:

Ин кӯза чӯ ман ошиқи зоре будаст,

Дар банди сари зулфи нигоре будаст.

В-ин даста, ки бар гардани ӯ мебинӣ,

Дастест, ки бар гардани ёре будаст.

Romanization:

Īn kōza ču man 'āšiq-i zārē būdast,
Dar band-i sar-i zulf-i nigārē būdast.
W-īn dasta, ki bar gardan-i ō mēbīnī,
Dastēst, ki bar gardan-i yārē būdast. 

Omar Khayyam: "A Call Rose" (From Persian)

"A Call Rose..."
Omar Khayyam

A dawn call from the tavern door for you:
"Up, scalawag! The wine-jugs pour for you.
Come raise another cup and drink before
The jugs of life can pour no more for you."


The Original:

آمد سحری ندا ز میخانهٔ ما

کای رندِ خراباتیِ دیوانهٔ ما

برخیز که پر کنیم پیمانه ز می

زان پیش که پر کنند پیمانهٔ ما

Romanization:

Āmad saharē nidā zi mayxāna-i mā
K-ay rind-i xarābātī-i dīwāna-i mā
Barxēz ki pur kunēm paymāna zi may
Z-ān pēš, ki pur kunand paymāna-i ma

Tajik Cyrillic:

Омад сахаре нидо зи майхонаи мо: 

К-эй ринди хароботии девонаи мо, 

Бархез, ки пур кунем паймона зи май, 

З-он пеш ки пур кунанд паймонаи мо