Alas for Youth
Hakim Abu'l-Qasim Ferdowsi Tusi Firdowsi 0940 (Tus) – 1020 (Tus)
Much have I labored, much read o'er
Of Arabic and Persian lore,
Collecting tales unknown and known;
Now two and sixty years are flown.
Regret, and deeper woe of sin,
'Tis all that youth has ended in,
And I with mournful thoughts rehearse
Bu Táhir Khusrawáni's verse:
'I mind me of my youth and sigh,
Alas for youth, for youth gone by!'
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 336 |
| Words | 65 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
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