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داد ده ما را که بس زاریم ما ** بینصیب از باغ و گلزاریم ما
- Give justice to us, for we are very miserable: we are deprived of the orchard and the rose-garden.
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مشکلات هر ضعیفی از تو حل ** پشه باشد در ضعیفی خود مثل
- The difficulties of every weakling are solved by thee: the gnat in sooth is the (proverbial) similitude for weakness.
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شهره ما در ضعف و اشکستهپری ** شهره تو در لطف و مسکینپروری
- We are celebrated for weakness and frailty: thou art celebrated for kindness and care of the lowly.
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ای تو در اطباق قدرت منتهی ** منتهی ما در کمی و بیرهی 4630
- O thou who hast reached the limit in (traversing) the stages of Power, (while) we have reached the limit in failure and aberration,
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داد ده ما را ازین غم کن جدا ** دست گیر ای دست تو دست خدا
- Do justice, relieve us from this sorrow, take our hand (to help us), O thou whose hand is the hand of God.”
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پس سلیمان گفت ای انصافجو ** داد و انصاف از که میخواهی بگو
- Then Solomon said, “O seeker of equity, tell (me), against whom art thou demanding justice and equity?
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کیست آن کالم که از باد و بروت ** ظلم کردست و خراشیدست روت
- Who is the oppressor that in (his) insolence has done thee injury and scratched thy face?
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ای عجب در عهد ما ظالم کجاست ** کو نه اندر حبس و در زنجیر ماست
- Oh, wonderful! Where, in Our epoch, is the oppressor that is not in Our prison and chains?
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چونک ما زادیم ظلم آن روز مرد ** پس بعهد ما کی ظلمی پیش برد 4635
- When We were born, on that day Injustice died: who, then, hath produced (committed) in Our epoch an act of injustice?
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چون بر آمد نور ظلمت نیست شد ** ظلم را ظلمت بود اصل و عضد
- When the light dawned, the darkness vanished: darkness is the origin and support of injustice.