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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,
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دام دیگر خواهم ای سلطان تخت ** دام مردانداز و حیلت‌ساز سخت
- I want another snare, O Sovereign of the throne—a mighty cunning snare that will lay men low.”
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خمر و چنگ آورد پیش او نهاد ** نیم‌خنده زد بدان شد نیم‌شاد
- He (God) brought and placed before him wine and harp: thereat he smiled faintly and was moderately pleased.
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سوی اضلال ازل پیغام کرد ** که بر آر از قعر بحر فتنه گرد
- He (Iblís) sent a message to the eternal Foreordainment of perdition, saying, “Raise dust from the bottom of the sea of temptation.
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نی یکی از بندگانت موسی است ** پرده‌ها در بحر او از گرد بست
- Is not Moses one of Thy servants? He tied veils of dust on the sea.
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آب از هر سو عنان را واکشید ** از تگ دریا غباری برجهید 955
- The water retreated on every side: from the bottom of the sea a (cloud of) dust shot up.”
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چونک خوبی زنان فا او نمود ** که ز عقل و صبر مردان می‌فزود
- When He (God) showed unto him (Iblís) the beauty of women that was prevailing over the reason and self-restraint of men,