Tell the oppressed man, bound and beaten down, to keep his eyes on fate and bear the cruelty with patience.
For these bound hands will be set free at last, and those hands now free will be tied behind their backs.
Explanation: The poem promises a reversal of fortune: today's victims will be freed, and today's oppressors will be the ones bound.
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شمارهٔ ۲
مظلوم دست بستهٔ مغلوب را بگوی
تا چشم بر قضا کند و صبر بر جفا
کاین دست بسته را بگشایند عاقبت
وان گشاده باز ببندند بر قفا