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once upon a time there was a little girl |
روزگاري دخترك زيبايي بود |
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as beautiful and charming as a pearl |
به زيبايي و فريبايي يك مرواريد |
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in her neighborhood there was another child |
در همسايگي او دخترك ديگري بود |
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but so ugly that was used to be riled |
اما بقدري زشت كه موجب ناراحتي مي شد |
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the two girls grew up anyhow |
در هر صورت هر دو دختر بزرگ شدند |
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one pretty and nice another I will tell you how |
يكي زيبا و قشنگ و ديگري را خواهم گفت كه چگونه |
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the first one an angel so to speak |
اولي چو گويي همانند فرشته اي |
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but the latter on the ugliness peak |
اما دومي در اوج زشتي |
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one won many lad's hearts in the town |
اولي قلب بسياري از پسرك هاي شهر را ربوده بود |
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another more akin to a circus clown |
و ديگري بيشتر شبيه دلقك سيرك بود |
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one had blue eyes and blond hair |
اولي چشمان آبي و موي بور داشت |
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another with a monkey you could compare |
و دومي را مي توانستيد با ميمون مقايسه كنيد |
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one was svelte and sylphlike |
اولي باريك اندام و زيبا بود |
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another had a long neck as a pike |
و دومي مانند نيزه (اردك) گردني دراز داشت |
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one was the belle for moneymen |
اولي دلارام سرمايه داران بود |
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another wasted her life cleaning a pen |
و دومي عمر خود را صرف تمييز كردن اصطبل مي كرد |
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the pretty girl married a goldsmith |
دختر زيبا با يك مرد زرگر ازدواج كرد |
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like an imaginary enchanting myth |
مانند افسانه ي فريبنده ي خيالي |
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but the ugly one who could not bear |
اما دختر زشت دومي كه نمي توانست تحمل كند |
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another heart rending nightmare |
كابوس جانسوز ديگري را |
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she went to the church and entered the belfry |
به كليسا رفت و وارد برج ناقوس كليسا شد |
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her life was in a dungeon and she wanted to be free |
زندگيش در سياهچال بود و او مي خواست كه خود را برهاند |
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she threw herself down to the yard |
او خودش را به پايين پرت كرد |
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prognosticating suicide was not very hard |
پيش بيني خودكشي براي او خيلي سخت نبود |
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at the eleventh hour she did bawl |
در لحظه آخر عمر او با صداي بلند داد زد |
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that the weakest goes to the wall |
كه انسان بيچاره هميشه محكوم به شكست است
(هر چي سنگه مال پاي لنگه) |