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آن خیالاتی که دیدندی ز ما ** وقت فترت گاه گاه اهل هوا
- Those phantoms which the followers of vain opinion used to see from us at times during the Fatra
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گم شود چون بارگاه او رسید ** آب آمد مر تیمم را درید
- Will disappear now that his royal court has arrived: the water is come and has torn up (annulled) the ablution with sand.
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دور شو ای پیر فتنه کم فروز ** هین ز رشک احمدی ما را مسوز 960
- Get thee far off, O old man! Do not kindle mischief! Hark, do not burn us with (the fire of) Ahmad's (Mohammed's) jealousy!
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دور شو بهر خدا ای پیر تو ** تا نسوزی ز آتش تقدیر تو
- Get thee far off, for God's sake, O old man, lest thou (too) be burnt by the fire of Fore-ordainment.
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این چه دم اژدها افشردنست ** هیچ دانی چه خبر آوردنست
- What squeezing of the dragon's tail is this? Dost thou know at all what the announcement (of Mohammed's advent) is (in its effects)?
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زین خبر جوشد دل دریا و کان ** زین خبر لرزان شود هفت آسمان
- At this news the heart of sea and mine will surge; at this news the seven heavens will tremble.”
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چون شنید از سنگها پیر این سخن ** پس عصا انداخت آن پیر کهن
- When the old man heard these words from the stones (idols), the ancient old man let his staff drop (from his hand);
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پس ز لرزه و خوف و بیم آن ندا ** پیر دندانها به هم بر می‌زدی 965
- Then, from tremor and fear and dread caused by that proclamation (of the idols), the old man was striking his teeth together.
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آنچنان که اندر زمستان مرد عور ** او همی لرزید و می‌گفت ای ثبور
- Even as a naked man in winter, he was shuddering and saying, “O destruction!”
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چون در آن حالت بدید او پیر را ** زان عجب گم کرد زن تدبیر را
- When she (Halíma) saw the old man in such a state (of terror), in consequence of that marvel the woman lost (the power of) deliberation.