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مسجدی بر ره بد و بانگ صلا ** آمد اندر گوش سنقر در ملا
- There was a mosque on the road, and the call to prayer came publicly into Sunqur's ear.
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بود سنقر سخت مولع در نماز ** گفت ای میر من ای بنده‌نواز
- Sunqur was very fond of the ritual prayer: he said, “O my Amír, O kind master,
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تو برین دکان زمانی صبرکن ** تا گزارم فرض و خوانم لم یکن 3060
- Stay patiently for a while on this bench, that I may perform the obligatory prayers and may recite (the Súra beginning with the words) lam yakun.”
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چون امام و قوم بیرون آمدند ** ازنماز و وردها فارغ شدند
- When the Imám and the people had come forth and finished the prayers and litanies,
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سنقر آنجا ماند تا نزدیک چاشت ** میر سنقر را زمانی چشم داشت
- Sunqur remained there till near the forenoon: the Amír awaited him for some time;
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گفت ای سنقر چرا نایی برون ** گفت می‌نگذاردم این ذو فنون
- (Then) he said, “O Sunqur, why don't you come out?” He replied, “This artful One will not let me (out).
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صبر کن نک آمدم ای روشنی ** نیستم غافل که در گوش منی
- Have patience! Behold, I come, O light (of my eyes)! I am not heedless, for thou art in my ear.”
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هفت نوبت صبر کرد و بانگ کرد ** تاکه عاجز گشت از تیباش مرد 3065
- Seven times in succession did he show patience and (then) shout—till at last the man was reduced to despair by his (Sunqur's) trifling.
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پاسخش این بود می‌نگذاردم ** تا برون آیم هنوز ای محترم
- His (Sunqur's) reply was (always) this—“He will not let me come out yet, O revered (master).”
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گفت آخر مسجد اندر کس نماند ** کیت وا می‌دارد آنجا کت نشاند
- He (the master) said, “Why, there is no one left in the mosque. Who is detaining you there? Who has made you sit (fast)?”