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Professor Carlo Coppola, Oakland University

Qit̤aʻ: Phir ḥashr ke sāmān / Fragment: Again, in the chamber of passion

Again, in the chamber of passion, doomsday has been prepared;

Judges are sittings, sinners standing.

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See, so many people are accused of the crime of fidelity!

All those criminals are standing by the gibbet.

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From: Dast-i ṣabā (Hand of the Wind). Dihlī: Senṭral Buk Ḍipo, 1952.p. 34

             

Again, in the chamber of passion, doomsday has been prepared;

Judges are sittings, sinners standing.

.

See, so many people are accused of the crime of fidelity!

All those criminals are standing by the gibbet.

.

From: Dast-i ṣabā (Hand of the Wind). Dihlī: Senṭral Buk Ḍipo, 1952.p. 34