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که کسی ناخواه او و رغم او ** گردد اندر ملکت او حکم جو
- That any one should seek to exercise authority in His kingdom against His will and in spite of Him,
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ملکت او را فرو گیرد چنین ** که نیارد دم زدن دم آفرین
- And thus should occupy His kingdom, so that the Creator of the breath dare not breathe a word (in opposition),
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دفع او می‌خواهد و می‌بایدش ** دیو هر دم غصه می‌افزایدش
- (And that though) He wishes to repel him and must needs (do so), (yet) the Devil at every moment is increasing His anxiety.
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بنده‌ی این دیو می‌باید شدن ** چونک غالب اوست در هر انجمن
- (On this hypothesis) I must worship the Devil, inasmuch as he is predominant in every assembly,
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تا مبادا کین کشد شیطان ز من ** پس چه دستم گیرد آنجا ذوالمنن 2935
- Lest the Devil take vengeance on me—and then in that case how can the Gracious (God) lend me a (helping) hand?
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آنک او خواهد مراد او شود ** از کی کار من دگر نیکو شود
- That which he (the Devil) wills, his desire (therein) is fulfilled: by whom (except him) shall my affairs be restored to prosperity?
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مثل شیطان بر در رحمان
- Parable of the Devil at the door of the Merciful God.
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حاش لله ایش شاء الله کان ** حاکم آمد در مکان و لامکان
- God forfend! Whatsoever God wills shall come to pass. He is the Ruler over the worlds of space and non-spatiality.
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هیچ کس در ملک او بی‌امر او ** در نیفزاید سر یک تای مو
- Without His command no one in His kingdom shall add (so much as) the tip of a single hair.
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ملک ملک اوست فرمان آن او ** کمترین سگ بر در آن شیطان او
- The kingdom is His kingdom, the command is His: that Devil of His is the meanest dog at His door.
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ترکمان را گر سگی باشد به در ** بر درش بنهاده باشد رو و سر 2940
- If a Turcoman's dog is lying at the door (of the tent), with his face and head resting on the threshold,