English
Longing and Patience
My longing and my patience have both gone past all limits, my love.
Even if you can endure, I have no strength left.
Just once, look on my state with kindness,
for even a beggar finds comfort at a king's table.
A king may grow angry at those who serve him,
and his word rules, but even cruelty has its bounds.
Without you I want no life at all,
for without friends there is no ease in simply living on.
If I die of thirst, what good will it do then
to pour water from your eyes on the grass over my grave?
My need cannot be put into words;
when you come back, I will tell you everything.
Come back and take my sweet life in your service;
what else does a penniless beggar have to give?
God, keep the beloved safe and grant them time,
long enough to see the face of the one they love again.
In the eyes of the beautiful, brother, a king's realm counts for nothing,
and neither does the piety of the devout.
If only the veil would fall from Layla's face,
so no pretender could rival the stricken Majnun.
Saadi's pen has written hardship, and good fortune too;
so whatever comes to you, bow your neck to fate.