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مر مرا آموز تا احسان کنم ** استخوانها را بدان با جان کنم
- Teach (it) me, that I may do good and by means of it endow the bones with life.”
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گفت خامش کن که آن کار تو نیست ** لایق انفاس و گفتار تو نیست
- Jesus said, “Be silent, for that is not thy work: ’tis not meet for thy breath and speech,
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کان نفس خواهد ز باران پاکتر ** وز فرشته در روش دراکتر 145
- For it wants breath purer than rain and more piercing in action than the angels.
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عمرها بایست تا دم پاک شد ** تا امین مخزن افلاک شد
- (Many) lifetimes were needed that the breath might be purified, so that he (its owner) was entrusted with the treasury of the Heavens.
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خود گرفتی این عصا در دست راست ** دست را دستان موسی از کجاست
- (Suppose that) thou hast grasped this rod firmly in thy hand: whence will accrue to thy hand the cunning of Moses?”
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گفت اگر من نیستم اسرار خوان ** هم تو بر خوان نام را بر استخوان
- He said, “If I am not one to pronounce (such sacred) mysteries, do thou pronounce the Name over the bones.”
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گفت عیسی یا رب این اسرار چیست ** میل این ابله در این بیگار چیست
- Jesus cried, “O Lord, what are these hidden purposes (of Thine)? What is (the meaning of) this fool's inclination (to engage) in this fruitless work?
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چون غم خود نیست این بیمار را ** چون غم جان نیست این مردار را 150
- How has this sick man no care for himself? How has this corpse no care for (spiritual) life?
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مردهی خود را رها کرده ست او ** مردهی بیگانه را جوید رفو
- He has left (uncared for) his own dead (soul) and seeks to mend (revive) the dead (bones) of a stranger.”
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گفت حق ادبارگر ادبار جوست ** خار روییده جزای کشت اوست
- God (answered and) said, “The backslider seeks backsliding: the thistle that has grown (in him) is the retribution for (consequence of) his sowing.”