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گرنه بهر نسل بود ای وصی ** آدم از ننگش بکردی خود خصی
- Had not it (lust) been (necessary) for the sake of procreation, O executor, Adam for shame of it would have made himself a eunuch.
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گفت ابلیس لعین دادار را ** دام زفتی خواهم این اشکار را
- The accursed Iblís said to (God) the Dispenser of justice, “I want a powerful snare for this prey.”
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زر و سیم و گله‌ی اسپش نمود ** که بدین تانی خلایق را ربود
- He (God) showed to him gold and silver and herds of horses, saying, “By means of this thou canst seduce mankind.”
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گفت شاباش و ترش آویخت لنج ** شد ترنجیده ترش هم‌چون ترنج
- He (Iblís) cried “Bravo!” but let his lip drop sourly: he became wrinkled and sour like a lemon.
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پس زر و گوهر ز معدنهای خوش ** کرد آن پس‌مانده را حق پیش‌کش 945
- Then God offered to that fallen one gold and jewels from His goodly mines,
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گیر این دام دگر را ای لعین ** گفت زین افزون ده ای نعم‌المعین
- Saying, “Take this other snare, O accursed one.” He replied, “Give more than this, O most excellent Helper.”
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چرب و شیرین و شرابات ثمین ** دادش و بس جامه‌ی ابریشمین
- (Then) He gave him oily and sweet (viands) and costly sherbets and many silken robes.
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گفت یا رب بیش ازین خواهم مدد ** تا ببندمشان به حبل من مسد
- He (Iblís) said, “O Lord, I want more assistance than this, to bind them with a cord of palm-fibre.
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تا که مستانت که نر و پر دلند ** مردوار آن بندها را بسکلند
- In order that Thy intoxicated (devotees), who are fierce and courageous, may manfully burst those bonds,
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تا بدین دام و رسنهای هوا ** مرد تو گردد ز نامردان جدا 950
- And that by means of this snare and (these) cords of sensuality Thy (holy) man may be separated from the unmanly,