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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,
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بلبلان ذکر و تسبیح اندر او ** خوش سرایان در چمن بر طرف جو
- (Whilst) therein the nightingales of commemoration and glorification of God (were) singing sweetly in the garden by the river-side;
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داعی حق را اجابت کردهاید ** در جحیم نفس آب آوردهاید
- (Inasmuch as) ye have answered the call of God and have brought water into the blazing hell of your soul––
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دوزخ ما نیز در حق شما ** سبزه گشت و گلشن و برگ و نوا
- Our Hell also in regard to you hath become greenery and roses and plenty and riches.”
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چیست احسان را مکافات ای پسر ** لطف و احسان و ثواب معتبر
- What is the requital for well-doing, O son? Kindness and well-doing and valued recompense.