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مهر پیوندند و من ویران کنم ** آنک اندر وهم نارند آن کنم
- Let them join in a bond of love, and I will destroy it; I will do that which they conceive not.
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تو مترس و مهلتش ده دم‌دراز ** گو سپه گرد آر و صد حیلت بساز
- Have thou no fear, and give him a lengthy respite; bid him bring together his host and prepare a hundred devices.”
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مهلت دادن موسی علیه‌السلام فرعون را تا ساحران را جمع کند از مداین
- How Moses, on whom be peace, gave Pharaoh a respite, that he might assemble the magicians from the cities.
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گفت امر آمد برو مهلت ترا ** من بجای خود شدم رستی ز ما
- He (Moses) said, “The (Divine) command hath come. Go, the respite is (granted) to thee. I depart to my dwelling-place: thou art delivered from me.”
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او همی‌شد و اژدها اندر عقب ** چون سگ صیاد دانا و محب 1100
- He was going (on his way), and at his heels (went) the dragon wise and loving, like the hunter's dog.
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چون سگ صیاد جنبان کرده دم ** سنگ را می‌کرد ریگ او زیر سم
- Like the hunter's dog, wagging its tail: it made the stones (crumble as) sand beneath its hoof.
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سنگ و آهن را بدم در می‌کشید ** خرد می‌خایید آهن را پدید
- With its breath it drew in stone and iron (to its jaws) and visibly chewed the iron into small fragments.
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در هوا می‌کرد خود بالای برج ** که هزیمت می‌شد از وی روم و گرج
- In the air it was making itself (rise) above the zodiac, so that Greeks and Georgians would flee from it in panic.
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کفک می‌انداخت چون اشتر ز کام ** قطره‌ای بر هر که زد می‌شد جذام
- From its palate it cast out foam, like a camel: whomsoever a drop hit, he was smitten with tubercular leprosy.
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ژغژغ دندان او دل می‌شکست ** جان شیران سیه می‌شد ز دست 1105
- The gnashing of its teeth would break the heart; the souls of black lions would be distraught (with terror).
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چون به قوم خود رسید آن مجتبی ** شدق او بگرفت باز او شد عصا
- When that chosen one (Moses) reached his kinsfolk, he took hold of the corner of its mouth, and it became again a staff.