چپ و راست هر سو بتابم همی سر و پای گیتی نیابم همی یکی بد کند نیک پیش آیدش جهان بنده و بخت خویش آیدش یکی جز به نیکی جهان نسپرد همی از نژندی فرو پژمرد
Ferdowsi - Shahnameh - The Book of Kings
I turn to right and left, in all the earth I see no signs of justice, sense, or worth: A man does evil deeds, and all his days Are filled with luck and universal praise; Another's good in all he does-he dies A wretched, broken man whom all despise.
This part of the poem takes place right after the brutal assassination of the virtuous and innocent prince Siyaavash at the hands of the henchmen of the tyrant king Afrasiyab (Siyaavash's father-in-law). It's basically saying how awful it is for a lovely, pure-hearted soul like Siyaavash to get brutally slaughtered for no real reason while the black-hearted villain who ordered the murder of his own son-in-law walks free in his own vast kingdom.