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باز ایمان خود گر ایمان شماست ** نه بدان میلستم و نه مشتهاست
- Again, if indeed the Faith (which thou wouldst have me embrace) is your Faith, I have no inclination or desire for it.
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آنک صد میلش سوی ایمان بود ** چون شما را دید آن فاتر شود
- He that feels a hundred inclinations to believe—that (inclination) languishes as soon as he sees you (Moslems),
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زانک نامی بیند و معنیش نی ** چون بیابان را مفازه گفتنی 3365
- Because he sees a (mere) name and no meaning in it, like calling the desert mafáza (a safe place).
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عشق او ز آورد ایمان بفسرد ** چون به ایمان شما او بنگرد
- When he looks upon your Faith, his love is chilled (and shrinks) from professing it.”
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حکایت آن مذن زشت آواز کی در کافرستان بانگ نماز داد و مرد کافری او را هدیه داد
- Story of the harsh-voiced muezzin who called (the Moslems) to prayer in the land of the infidels and to whom a certain infidel offered presents.
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یک مذن داشت بس آواز بد ** در میان کافرستان بانگ زد
- A certain muezzin had a very harsh voice: he called (the Moslems to prayer) in the land of the infidels.
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چند گفتندش مگو بانگ نماز ** که شود جنگ و عداوتها دراز
- They said to him several times, “Do not give the call to prayer, for (otherwise) fighting and acts of hostility (against us) will be prolonged.”
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او ستیزه کرد و پس بی‌احتراز ** گفت در کافرستان بانگ نماز
- He defied (them), and then without showing (any) caution he gave the call to prayer in the land of the infidels.
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خلق خایف شد ز فتنه‌ی عامه‌ای ** خود بیامد کافری با جامه‌ای 3370
- The (Moslem) folk were in fear of a general insurrection; however, an infidel came up (to them) with a robe.
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شمع و حلوا با چنان جامه‌ی لطیف ** هدیه آورد و بیامد چون الیف
- He brought (with him) candles and halwá and such a (fine) robe as gifts, and approached in a friendly manner,
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پرس پرسان کین مذن کو کجاست ** که صلا و بانگ او راحت‌فزاست
- Asking again and again, “Tell me, where is this muezzin, whose call and cry increases my pleasure?”