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گشت حیران آن حلیمه زان صدا ** نه کسی در پیش نه سوی قفا
- Halíma was bewildered by that voice: neither in front nor behind was any one (to be seen).
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شش جهت خالی ز صورت وین ندا ** شد پیاپی آن ندا را جان فدا 925
- (All) the six directions were empty of (any visible) form, and this cry was continuous—may the soul be a ransom for that cry!
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مصطفی را بر زمین بنهاد او ** تا کند آن بانگ خوش را جست و جو
- She laid Mustafá on the earth, that she might search after the sweet sound.
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چشم می‌انداخت آن دم سو به سو ** که کجا است این شه اسرارگو
- Then she cast her eye to and fro, saying, “Where is that king that tells of mysteries?
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کین چنین بانگ بلند از چپ و راست ** می‌رسد یا رب رساننده کجاست
- For such a loud sound is arriving from left and right. O Lord, where is he that causes it to arrive?”
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چون ندید او خیره و نومید شد ** جسم لرزان هم‌چو شاخ بید شد
- When she did not see (any one), she became distraught and despairing: her body began to tremble like the willow-bough.
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باز آمد سوی آن طفل رشید ** مصطفی را بر مکان خود ندید 930
- She came back towards that righteous child: she did not see Mustafá in his (former) place.
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حیرت اندر حیرت آمد بر دلش ** گشت بس تاریک از غم منزلش
- Bewilderment on bewilderment fell upon her heart: from grief her abode became very dark.
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سوی منزلها دوید و بانگ داشت ** که کی بر دردانه‌ام غارت گماشت
- She ran to the dwellings (hard by) and raised an outcry, saying, “Who has carried off my single pearl?”
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مکیان گفتند ما را علم نیست ** ما ندانستیم که آنجا کودکیست
- The Meccans said, “We have no knowledge: we knew not that a child was there.”