يا غاسلَ الطرجهارِ

يا غاسلَ الطرجهارِ

للخندريسِ العقارِ

للخندريسِ العقارِ

O washer of the drinking cup,

O washer of my sins

O washer of the wine-cup,

for the aged, potent wine,

For the monk's monastery

For the vintage brew, the potent liquor,

بحقِّ بيت النارِ

بحقِّ بيت النارِ

والدينِ والزنهارِ

والدينِ والزنهارِ

by the sanctity of the fire-temple,

By the right of the house of fire

By the truth of the House of Fire,

and the faith and the pledge of protection,

And of religion and bells

And the faith, and the pact of protection,

وحرمةِ النوبهارِ

وحرمةِ النوبهارِ

وكنكِ الزفتارِ

وكنكِ الزفتارِ

and the sanctity of Nawbahār,

And sanctity of palm trees

And the sanctity of the Nawbahar temple,

and Kank of Zaftār,

And solidness of rocks

And the dome of the Ziftar,

وعزّةِ الدقنار

وعزّةِ الدقنار

وغرّةِ الأنوارِ

وغرّةِ الأنوارِ

and the might of Daqnār,

And honor of money

And the glory of the Dagnir,

and the radiance of the lights,

And deception of lights

And the blaze of the lights,

وبأنصداع النهارِ

وبأنصداع النهارِ

ووثبةِ الكربكارِ

ووثبةِ الكربكارِ

and by the breaking of day,

And by the breaking of dawn

And by the breaking of the day,

and the leap of Karbkār

And leaping of locusts

And the leap of the Karabkar,

في ساعةِ الأسحارِ

في ساعةِ الأسحارِ

وبالنجومِ الدراري

وبالنجومِ الدراري

at the hour before dawn,

In the hour of predawn

In the hour of the early dawns,

and by the brilliant stars,

And by the shining stars

And by the glittering stars,

إذا بدت في الكبارِ

إذا بدت في الكبارِ

وشمسِها الشهريار

وشمسِها الشهريار

when they appear among the great ones,

When they appear to the big ones

When they appear in the great heavens,

and their sun, the sovereign,

And its sun the great king

And their sun, the Sovereign King,

وماهِها الكامكارِ

وماهِها الكامكارِ

والمهرجان المدارِ

والمهرجان المدارِ

and their moon, the fortunate one,

And its moon the bleary-eyed

And their moon, the Wish-Granter,

and Mihragān, brought round

And the rotating festival

And the circling festival of Mihrajan,

لوقتهِ الكرّارِ

لوقتهِ الكرّارِ

والنوكرور الكبارِ

والنوكرور الكبارِ

at its ever-recurring time,

For its frequent time

At its recurring time,

and mighty Nawkrūr,

And the big stars

And the great festival of Nawruz,

وحبسِ كاهبنارِ

وحبسِ كاهبنارِ

ورايسالِ الوهارِ

ورايسالِ الوهارِ

and the confinement of Kāhbinār,

And confinement of planets

And the enclosure of Kahbanar,

and Rāysāl of Wahār,

And banner of signs

And the Raysal of the Wahar,

وحرمةِ أير نشارِ

وحرمةِ أير نشارِ

معقّدِ الزنارِ

معقّدِ الزنارِ

and the sanctity of a sawyer's penis,

And sanctity of the braided one

And the sanctity of Ayr Nashar,

the knotter of the girdle,

With knotted belt

Who knots the sacred girdle,

من الحقولِ الخوارِ

من الحقولِ الخوارِ

لما قبلتَ اعتذاري

لما قبلتَ اعتذاري

from the yielding fields—

From the empty farms

From the fields of Khawar,

do accept my apology

When you accepted my apology

Won't you accept my apology

من هفوتي وعثاري

من هفوتي وعثاري

وردفكَ المرمارِ

وردفكَ المرمارِ

for my lapse and my stumbling.

For my negligence and stumbling

For my lapse and my stumbling?

And by your marble-smooth rump—

And your pillow of marble

And by your marble-smooth rump,

بل مَن يطيلُ ادّكاري

بل مَن يطيلُ ادّكاري

وحرقتي وانتحاري

وحرقتي وانتحاري

nay, by him who prolongs my remembrance,

Rather who would prolong my thinking

Nay, by the one who prolongs my remembrance,

and my burning anguish and my self-destruction

And my burning and suicide

And my burning passion and self-destruction,

على ليالٍ قصارِ

على ليالٍ قصارِ

فديتُ فيها شعاري

فديتُ فيها شعاري

over brief nights,

In short nights

Over nights that were too short,

in which I ransomed my inner garment

In which I sacrificed my reputation

In which I sacrificed my very undergarment,

من دون كلّ دثارِ

من دون كلّ دثارِ

يقلُّ عنك اصطباري

يقلُّ عنك اصطباري

to the exclusion of every outer covering.

Without any cover

With no outer robe to cover me,

My patience away from you dwindles,

My patience falls short of you

My patience for you wears thin,

يا صورةَ الدينارِ

يا صورةَ الدينارِ

في راحة القسطارِ

في راحة القسطارِ

O image on the dinar

O image of the golden coin

O image stamped upon the dinar,

in the coin-assayer's palm:

In the palm of the money-changer

In the palm of the money-changer,

أرادَ دون الكبارِ

أرادَ دون الكبارِ

نعم وفوقَ الصغارِ

نعم وفوقَ الصغارِ

he wanted one smaller than the large ones,

He wanted without the big ones

Which he desired over the large coins,

yes, and larger than the small ones.

Yes, and above the small ones

Yes, and prized above the small.