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سجده می‌کرد او که هم فرمان تراست ** غیر حق بر ملک حق فرمان کراست
- He was prostrating himself in prayer, saying, “It beseems Thee to command: to whom but God belongeth the command over God's kingdom?
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لیک این مسکین همی‌سوزد چو عود ** دست گیرش ای رحیم و ای ودود
- But this poor wretch is burning like aloes-wood: take his hand (help him), O Merciful and Loving One!”
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تا ز یا رب یا رب و افغان شاه ** ساحری استاد پیش آمد ز راه
- (So did he pray) until, because of the “O Lord! O Lord!” and lamentation of the king, a master-magician came from the road into his presence.
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مستجاب شدن دعای پادشاه در خلاص پسرش از جادوی کابلی
- How the king's prayer for the deliverance of his son from the witch of Kábul was granted.
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او شنیده بود از دور این خبر ** که اسیر پیرزن گشت آن پسر 3160
- He had heard from afar the news that that boy had been captivated by an old woman,
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کان عجوزه بود اندر جادوی ** بی‌نظیر و آمن از مثل و دوی
- A crone who in witchery was unrivalled and secure from likeness and duality.
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دست بر بالای دستست ای فتی ** در فن و در زور تا ذات خدا
- Hand is above hand, O youth, in skill and in strength up to the Essence of God.
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منتهای دستها دست خداست ** بحر بی‌شک منتهای سیلهاست
- The ultimate end of (all) hands is the Hand of God: the ultimate end of (all) torrents is undoubtedly the sea.
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هم ازو گیرند مایه ابرها ** هم بدو باشد نهایت سیل را
- From it the clouds take their origin, and in it too the torrent hath an end.
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گفت شاهش کین پسر از دست رفت ** گفت اینک آمدم درمان زفت 3165
- The king said to him, “This boy has passed out of control (has lost his wits).” He (the magician) said, “Look you, I am come as a potent remedy.
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نیست همتا زال را زین ساحران ** جز من داهی رسیده زان کران
- None of these sorcerers is equal to the old woman except me, the sagacious one, who have arrived from yonder shore.