Rumishi: I asked Reed

[English to Chinese] Rumi's four-line poem

I asked Reed:

Whose evil deeds have you grieved without words?

Reed replied:

His sweet lips refused to deny it

When I was alive, it was useless except to be sad

- Rumi (roxana translation)

I said to the reed:

‘Whose sinful deed,

Though tongueless, now

Lamentest thou?’

The reed replied:

‘His sweet lip denied,

While I shall live

I can naught but grieve.’

B ney gh ft-but ke bar t b d d ze k st?

B h ch zab n n leh - - fary d-e t ch st?

Gh ft- ke ze shekkar b r d-ánd mar ,

B n leh - - fary d nad n-ám z st.

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