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  • ای بر این شطرنج بهر یاد را ** مات کرده صد هزار استاد را
  • O you that on this chessboard, for the sake of remembrance, have checkmated hundreds of thousands of masters,

  • ای ز فرزین بندهای مشکلت ** سوخته دلها سیه گشته دلت‏
  • O you by whose difficult attacking moves (our) hearts have been burned and your (own) heart has been blackened,

  • بحر مکری تو خلایق قطره‏ای ** تو چو کوهی وین سلیمان ذره‏ای‏
  • You are the sea of cunning, (and all) the creatures (are but) a drop: you are like a mountain and (we) simple ones (are but) a mote.

  • کی رهد از مکر تو ای مختصم ** غرق طوفانیم الا من عصم‏ 2670
  • Who shall escape from your cunning, O adversary? We are drowned in the flood, except them that are protected (by God).

  • بس ستاره‏ی سعد از تو محترق ** بس سپاه و جمع از تو مفترق‏
  • By you many a fortunate star has been burned: by you many an army and host have been scattered.”

  • باز جواب گفتن ابلیس معاویه را
  • How Iblís again replied to Mu‘áwiya.

  • گفت ابلیسش گشای این عقد را ** من محکم قلب را و نقد را
  • Iblís said to him, “Unravel these knot (and apprehend the matter): I am the touchstone for the false coin and the true.

  • امتحان شیر و کلبم کرد حق ** امتحان نقد و قلبم کرد حق‏
  • God hath made me the test of lion and cur, God hath made me the test of genuine coin and counterfeit.

  • قلب را من کی سیه رو کرده‏ام ** صیرفی‏ام قیمت او کرده‏ام‏
  • When have I blackened the false coin's face? I am the money-changer: I have (only) valued it.

  • نیکوان را ره نمایی می‏کنم ** شاخه‏های خشک را بر می‏کنم‏ 2675
  • To the good I act as guide, the dry branches I rip off.

  • این علفها می‏نهم از بهر چیست ** تا پدید آید که حیوان جنس کیست‏
  • I lay these (different) sorts of fodder (before people)—for what purpose? In order that it may be seen of what kind the animal is.