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بود آخر مظلم و زشت و پلید ** وین همه برخاست چون الفت رسید
- The stable was dark, foul, and dirty, (but) all this vanished (from Hilál's mind) when friendship arrived.
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بوی پیغامبر ببرد آن شیر نر ** هم‌چنانک بوی یوسف را پدر 1175
- That fierce (spiritual) lion scented the Prophet just as the scent of Joseph was perceived by his father (Jacob).
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موجب ایمان نباشد معجزات ** بوی جنسیت کند جذب صفات
- Miracles are not the cause of religious faith; ’tis the scent of homogeneity that attracts (to itself) qualities (of the same kind).
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معجزات از بهر قهر دشمنست ** بوی جنسیت پی دل بردنست
- Miracles are (wrought) for the purpose of subjugating the foe: the scent of homogeneity is (only) for the winning of hearts.
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قهر گردد دشمن اما دوست نی ** دوست کی گردد ببسته گردنی
- A foe is subjugated, but not a friend: how should a friend have his neck bound?
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اندر آمد او ز خواب از بوی او ** گفت سرگین‌دان درون زین گونه بو
- He (Hilál) was awakened from sleep by his (the Prophet's) scent: he said (to himself), “A stable full of dung, and this kind of scent within it!”
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از میان پای استوران بدید ** دامن پاک رسول بی‌ندید 1180
- (Then) through the legs of the riding-beasts he saw the holy skirt of the peerless Prophet,
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پس ز کنج آخر آمد غژغژان ** روی بر پایش نهاد آن پهلوان
- And that (spiritual) hero came creeping out of a corner in the stable and laid his face upon his (the Prophet's) feet.
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پس پیمبر روی بر رویش نهاد ** بر سر و بر چشم و رویش بوسه داد
- Then the Prophet laid his face against his (Hilál's) face and kissed his head and eyes and cheeks.
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گفت یا ربا چه پنهان گوهری ** ای غریب عرش چونی خوشتری
- “O Lord,” he cried, “what a hidden pearl art thou! How art thou, O heavenly stranger? Art thou better?”