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من کجا باور کنم آن دزد را ** دزد کی داند ثواب و مزد را
- How shall I believe that thief? How should a thief know the recompense and reward for good works?”
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باز جواب گفتن ابلیس معاویه را
- How Iblís again made answer to Mu‘áwiya.
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گفت ما اول فرشته بودهایم ** راه طاعت را به جان پیمودهایم
- He said, “At first I was an angel: I traversed the way of obedience (to God) with (all my) soul.
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سالکان راه را محرم بدیم ** ساکنان عرش را هم دم بدیم
- I was the confidant of them that follow the path (of devotion): I was familiar with them that dwell by the Throne of God.
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پیشهی اول کجا از دل رود ** مهر اول کی ز دل بیرون شود
- How should (one's) first calling go out of (one's) mind? How should (one's) first love go forth from (one's) heart?
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در سفر گر روم بینی یا ختن ** از دل تو کی رود حب الوطن 2620
- If in travel you see Anatolia or Khutan, how should love of your own country go from your heart?
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ما هم از مستان این می بودهایم ** عاشقان درگه وی بودهایم
- I too have been one of those drunken with this wine: I have been a lover at His court.
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ناف ما بر مهر او ببریدهاند ** عشق او در جان ما کاریدهاند
- They cut my navel in (predestined me from birth to) love of Him: they sowed love of Him in my heart.
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روز نیکو دیدهایم از روزگار ** آب رحمت خوردهایم اندر بهار
- I have seen good days from Fortune: I have drunk the water of (Divine) Mercy in (my) spring-time.
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نه که ما را دست فضلش کاشته ست ** از عدم ما را نه او برداشته ست
- Was it not the hand of His bounty that sowed me? Was it not He that raised me up from non-existence?
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ای بسا کز وی نوازش دیدهایم ** در گلستان رضا گردیدهایم 2625
- Oh, many is the time I have received kindness from Him and walked in the rose-garden of (His) approval.