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گفتش ای فرزند تو انده مدار ** که نمایم مر ترا یک شهریار
- He (the old man) said, “O daughter, do not grieve, for I will show unto thee a queen,
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که بگوید گر بخواهد حال طفل ** او بداند منزل و ترحال طفل 945
- Who, if she wish, will tell what has happened to the child: she knows the dwelling-place of the child and his setting-out (on the way).”
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پس حلیمه گفت ای جانم فدا ** مر ترا ای شیخ خوب خوش‌ندا
- Then Halíma said, “Oh, my soul be a ransom for thee, O goodly and fair-spoken Shaykh!
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هین مرا بنمای آن شاه نظر ** کش بود از حال طفل من خبر
- Come, show me that queen of clairvoyance who hath knowledge of what has happened to my child.”
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برد او را پیش عزی کین صنم ** هست در اخبار غیبی مغتنم
- He brought her to ‘Uzzá, saying, “This idol is greatly prized for information concerning the Unseen.
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ما هزاران گم شده زو یافتیم ** چون به خدمت سوی او بشتافتیم
- Through her we have found thousands that were lost, when we hastened towards her in devotion.”
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پیر کرد او را سجود و گفت زود ** ای خداوند عرب ای بحر جود 950
- The old man prostrated himself before her (‘Uzzá) and said at once, “O Sovereign of the Arabs, O sea of munificence!”
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گفت ای عزی تو بس اکرامها ** کرده‌ای تا رسته‌ایم از دامها
- (Then) he said, “O ‘Uzzá, thou hast done many favours (to us), so that we have been delivered from snares.
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بر عرب حقست از اکرام تو ** فرض گشته تا عرب شد رام تو
- On account of thy favour the duty (of worshipping thee) has become obligatory to the Arabs, so that the Arabs have submitted to thee.
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این حلیمه‌ی سعدی از اومید تو ** آمد اندر ظل شاخ بید تو
- In hope of thee this Halíma of (the tribe) Sa‘d has come into the shadow of thy willow-bough,