Re: Schiller - yes, a more poetic translation
Payne's poem makes me question: who is the bard of Iran ? Perhaps
• Rumi, or
•"Hafez, the bard of Shiraz, is especially beloved and regarded as the premier Persian poet. It is his dīvān that can be found in every home beside the Quran, and every Iranian has at least one — if not many — of his couplets memorized."... or
• "Ferdowsi. Ferdowsi is perhaps Iran's most famous poet, credited for writing the Shahnameh, the national epic of the Persian speaking world and the longest work of epic poetry ever written, composed of more than 60,000 verses." or
• Rūdakī "Often referred to as the father of modern Persian poetry, the ninth-century Persian poet Abū 'Abdallāh Rūdakī (858–ca. 941) is regarded as the first great literary genius of modern Persian and the founder of Persian classical literature. His name is based on his place of birth, the town of Rudak in Tajikistan."
• or...
... Dunno.
"From my distress:" - Sappho; 17... https://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/sappho/sappho0.htm#17 ... entire fragment: ""From my distress: let buffeting winds bear it and all care away."