Happy is the world with the Nowruz and with the Eid
You are both my Eid and my Nowruz today
اندر دل من مها دل افروز توئي
ياران هستند ليك دلسوز توئي
شادند جهانيان به نوروز و به عيد
عيد من و نوروز من امروز توئي
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When the rose is gone and the garden faded
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