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Number 24

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Number 24

May it reach you, so that from this holy household some lasting good fortune may always endure. A thief carried off my donkey into your town; there's no trace of it, neither dead nor alive.

Explanation: The reference to the «household of the cloak» (al-e aba) alludes to the Prophet's family; here it sits oddly beside a comic complaint about a stolen donkey, giving the piece a satirical tone.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۲۴

میرسید، کزین آل عبا تی سعادت همیشه پاینده

برد الاغ مرا بشهر تو دزد نیست پیدا، نه مرده، نه زنده