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منگر ای مظلوم سوی آسمان ** کاسمانی شاه داری در زمان
- O oppressed one, do not look to Heaven, for thou hast a heavenly king in the temporal world.”
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گفت پشه داد من از دست باد ** کو دو دست ظلم بر ما بر گشاد
- The gnat said, “My appeal is against the hand (might) of the Wind, for he opened the two hands of oppression against us.
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ما ز ظلم او به تنگی اندریم ** با لب بسته ازو خون می‌خوریم 4645
- Through his oppression we are in sore straits: with closed lips we are drinking blood (suffering torment) from him.”
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امرکردن سلیمان علیه السلام پشه‌ی متظلم را به احضار خصم به دیوان حکم
- How Solomon, on whom be peace, commanded the plaintiff gnat to bring its adversary to the court of judgement.
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پس سلیمان گفت ای زیبادوی ** امر حق باید که از جان بشنوی
- Then Solomon said, “O thou with the pretty voice, it behoves thee to hearken with (all thy) soul to the command of God.
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حق به من گفتست هان ای دادور ** مشنو از خصمی تو بی خصمی دگر
- God hath said to me, ‘Beware, O Judge! Do not hear one litigant without the other litigant.
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تانیاید هر دو خصم اندر حضور ** حق نیاید پیش حاکم در ظهور
- Until both litigants come into the presence, the truth does not come to light before the judge.
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خصم تنها گر بر آرد صد نفیر ** هان و هان بی خصم قول او مگیر
- If the (one) litigant alone raise a hundred clamours, beware, beware! Do not accept his word without (hearing) his adversary.’
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من نیارم رو ز فرمان تافتن ** خصم خود را رو بیاور سوی من 4650
- I dare not avert my face from the (Divine) command. Go, bring thy adversary before me.”
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گفت قول تست برهان و درست ** خصم من بادست و او در حکم تست
- It (the gnat) said, “Thy words are an argument (conclusive) and sound. My adversary is the Wind, and he is in thy jurisdiction.”
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بانگ زد آن شه که ای باد صبا ** پشه افغان کرد از ظلمت بیا
- The King shouted, “O East-wind, the gnat complains of thy injustice: come!