Sudden Manifestation

How could I know that this passion would drive me so mad, Turning my heart into a hell, and my two eyes into the river Jeyhun? How could I know that a sudden flood would sweep me away, And cast my ship into the midst of a sea of blood? A wave strikes that ship, splitting it plank by plank, So that every plank is scattered by the diverse turnings of the whirlpool. How could I know? How could I know? That this passion would drive me so mad, How could I know? How could I know? Turning my heart into a hell, and my two eyes into the river Jeyhun. A great leviathan raises its head and swallows the water of the sea, Until that endless ocean becomes dry like a desert plain. Then that desert plain also splits open, and the ocean-devouring monster Is suddenly dragged down into the depths by the hand of wrath, like Qarun. When these transformations came, neither desert remained nor sea; How should I know what happened next, For the "how" is drowned in the "howless"? How should I know what happened next, For the "how" is drowned in the "howless"? How could I know? How could I know? That this passion would drive me so mad, How could I know? How could I know? Turning my heart into a hell, and my two eyes into the river Jeyhun. There are many "how should I know"s, Yet I do not know. There are many "how should I know"s, Yet I do not know. Yet I do not know.

Che danestam ke in souda mara zin san konad majnun Delam ra duzakhi sazad do chashmam ra konad Jeyhun Che danestam ke seylabi mara nagah berobayad Cho kashtiyam darandazad miyan-e qolzom-e porkhun Zanad mouji bar an kashti ke takhteh-takhteh beshkafad Ke har takhteh forurizad ze gardeshha-ye gunagun Che danestam Che danestam Ke in souda mara zin san konad majnun Che danestam Che danestam Delam ra duzakhi sazad do chashmam ra konad Jeyhun Nahangi ham bararad sar, khorad an ab-e darya ra Chonan darya-ye bipayan shavad bi-ab chon hamun Beshkafad niz an hamun, nahang-e bahr-farsa ra Kashad dar qa'r nagahan be dast-e qahr chon Qarun Cho in tabdilha amad na hamun mand o na darya Che danam man degar chon shod Ke chon gharq ast dar bichun Che danam man degar chon shod Ke chon gharq ast dar bichun Che danestam Che danestam Ke in souda mara zin san konad majnun Che danestam Che danestam Delam ra duzakhi sazad do chashmam ra konad Jeyhun Che danamha-ye besyar ast Liken man nemidanam Che danamha-ye besyar ast Liken man nemidanam Liken man nemidanam