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  • چون گرفتار گنه می‏آمدم ** غرقه دست اندر حشایش می‏زدم‏
  • When I was being caught in (the toils of) sin, and drowning (therein) was clutching at straws––

  • از تو تهدید و وعیدی می‏رسید ** مجرمان را از عذاب بس شدید 2465
  • (Whilst) there was coming from thee to sinners a threat and menace of punishment exceedingly severe––

  • مضطرب می‏گشتم و چاره نبود ** بند محکم بود و قفل ناگشود
  • (And) I was becoming agitated, and there was no help (for me), (since) there were chains made fast and a lock not (to be) opened:

  • نی مقام صبر و نه راه گریز ** نی امید توبه نه جای ستیز
  • Neither room for patience nor means of flight, neither hope of repenting nor opportunity for rebelling

  • من چو هاروت و چو ماروت از حزن ** آه می‏کردم که ای خلاق من‏
  • I, like Hárút and Márút was crying in sorrow, ‘Alas!’ and saying, ‘O my Creator!’”

  • از خطر هاروت و ماروت آشکار ** چاه بابل را بکردند اختیار
  • Because of the dangers (of the Last Judgement) Hárút and Márút openly chose the pit of Babylon,

  • تا عذاب آخرت اینجا کشند ** گربزند و عاقل و ساحروش‏اند 2470
  • So that they might suffer here (in this world) the punishment of the world to come; and they are cunning and intelligent and magician-like.

  • نیک کردند و بجای خویش بود ** سهلتر باشد ز آتش رنج دود
  • They acted well, and ‘twas fitly done: the pain of smoke is lighter than (that of) fire.

  • حد ندارد وصف رنج آن جهان ** سهل باشد رنج دنیا پیش آن‏
  • The pain of that (future) world is beyond description; light is the pain of this world beside it.

  • ای خنک آن کاو جهادی می‏کند ** بر بدن زجری و دادی می‏کند
  • Oh, happy he that wages a holy war (of self-mortification), and puts a restraint upon the body and deals justice (against it),