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XXX: O thou constant endurer of misery in the…
Translated by H. G. Raverty (1867) · From Selections from the Poetry of the Afghans (1867)
O thou constant endurer of misery in the cares of the flesh!
O thou, happy in this affliction, and in doing injury unto others!
No one obtaineth the slightest benefit, or advantage from thee:
Indeed, thou art like a thorn ever buried in the side of others!
Thou wilt, one day, become a captive, like unto the hawk;
Since, day and night, thine own species' flesh, hath thy food become.
Let not the sighs of the afflictions of the oppressed strike one;
For, from their gasps and sobs, whole regions to perdition go.
The execrations of the oppressed pass not harmless, Hamid
The shaft of the archer striketh the target unerringly!
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Abd-ul-Hamid. “XXX: O thou constant endurer of misery in the….” Translated by H. G. Raverty. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/abd-ul-hamid/29/.
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Abd-ul-Hamid. “XXX: O thou constant endurer of misery in the….” Translated by H. G. Raverty. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/abd-ul-hamid/29/.
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