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نزد پیغمبر به لابه آمدند ** همچو اشتر پیش او زانو زدند 2830
- They came to the Prophet with (guileful) entreaty: they knelt as camels before him,
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کای رسول حق برای محسنی ** سوی آن مسجد قدم رنجه کنی
- Saying, “O Messenger of God, wilt thou for kindness' sake give thyself the trouble (to walk) to that mosque,
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تا مبارک گردد از اقدام تو ** تا قیامت تازه باد ایام تو
- To the end that it may be made blessed by thy approach— may thy days flourish until the Resurrection!
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مسجد روز گل است و روز ابر ** مسجد روز ضرورت وقت فقر
- It is a mosque for muddy and cloudy days, a mosque for days of sore distress in times of poverty,
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تا غریبی یابد آن جا خیر و جا ** تا فراوان گردد این خدمتسرا
- That a (poor) stranger may get charity and room (to shelter) there, and that this house of service may be frequented,
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تا شعار دین شود بسیار و پر ** ز انکه با یاران شود خوش کار مر 2835
- So that the rites of the Religion may be multiplied and abound; because a bitter plight is sweetened (by being shared) with friends.
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ساعتی آن جایگه تشریف ده ** تزکیهی ما کن ز ما تعریف ده
- Honour that place (by thy presence) for a short while: declare us to be sincere, and give a good account of us.
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مسجد و اصحاب مسجد را نواز ** تو مهی ما شب دمی با ما بساز
- Show favour to the mosque and its founders. Thou art the moon, we are the night: comply with us for a moment,
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تا شود شب از جمالت همچو روز ** ای جمالت آفتاب جان فروز
- In order that by thy beauty night may be made like day, O thou whose beauty is a soul-illumining sun.”
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ای دریغا کان سخن از دل بدی ** تا مراد آن نفر حاصل شدی
- Alas! would that those words had been from the heart, so that the desire of those folk might have been accomplished!