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نک بهشت و بارگاه ایمنی ** پس کجا بود آن گذرگاه دنی
- Lo, here is Paradise and the Court of safety: where, then, was that vile place of passage? ”
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پس ملک گوید که آن روضهی خضر ** که فلان جا دیدهاید اندر گذر
- Then the angel will say, “The garden of greenery which ye saw in a certain spot as ye passed––
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دوزخ آن بود و سیاستگاه سخت ** بر شما شد باغ و بستان و درخت
- That was Hell and the terrible place of chastisement, (but) unto you it became gardens and pleasaunces and trees.
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چون شما این نفس دوزخ خوی را ** آتشی گبر فتنه جوی را
- Inasmuch as with this soul of hellish nature, (this) miscreant fiery one that seeks (to lead you into) temptation,
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جهدها کردید و او شد پر صفا ** نار را کشتید از بهر خدا 2560
- Ye have striven (oft), and it hath become full of purity, and ye have quenched the fire (thereof) for God’s sake;
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آتش شهوت که شعله میزدی ** سبزهی تقوی شد و نور هدی
- (Inasmuch as) the fire of lust, which was flaming, hath become the verdure of piety and the light of guidance (unto the true faith);
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آتش خشم از شما هم حلم شد ** ظلمت جهل از شما هم علم شد
- (Inasmuch as) at once the fire of anger in you hath turned to forbearance, and the darkness of ignorance in you hath turned to knowledge;
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آتش حرص از شما ایثار شد ** و آن حسد چون خار بد گلزار شد
- (Inasmuch as) the fire of greed in you hath turned to unselfishness, and that envy (which) was like thorns hath turned to roses;
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چون شما این جمله آتشهای خویش ** بهر حق کشتید جمله پیش پیش
- Inasmuch as ye formerly extinguished all these fires of your own for God’s sake;
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نفس ناری را چو باغی ساختید ** اندر او تخم وفا انداختید 2565
- And made the fiery soul like an orchard and cast in it the seed of fealty,