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زین سبب پیغامبر با اجتهاد ** نام خود وان علی مولا نهاد
- For this reason the Prophet, who laboured with the utmost zeal (in devotion), applied the name “protector” (mawlá) to himself and to ‘Alí.
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گفت هر کو را منم مولا و دوست ** ابن عم من علی مولای اوست
- He said, “My cousin ‘Alí is the protector and friend of every one who is under my protection.”
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کیست مولا آنک آزادت کند ** بند رقیت ز پایت بر کند 4540
- Who is the “protector”? He that sets you free and removes the fetters of servitude from your feet.
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چون به آزادی نبوت هادیست ** مومنان را ز انبیا آزادیست
- Since prophethood is the guide to freedom, freedom is bestowed on true believers by the prophets.
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ای گروه مومنان شادی کنید ** هم‌چو سرو و سوسن آزادی کنید
- Rejoice, O community of true believers: show yourselves to be “free” (pure and noble) as the cypress and the lily;
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لیک می‌گویید هر دم شکر آب ** بی‌زبان چون گلستان خوش‌خضاب
- But do ye, like the gay-coloured garden, at every moment give unspoken thanks to the Water.
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بی‌زبان گویند سرو و سبزه‌زار ** شکر آب و شکر عدل نوبهار
- The cypresses and the green orchard mutely thank the water (that nourishes them) and show (silent) gratitude for the justice of Spring:
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حله‌ها پوشیده و دامن‌کشان ** مست و رقاص و خوش و عنبرفشان 4545
- Clad in (fresh) robes and trailing their skirts, drunken and dancing and jubilant and scattering perfume;
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جزو جزو آبستن از شاه بهار ** جسمشان چون درج پر در ثمار
- Every part (of them) impregnated by royal Spring, their bodies as caskets filled with pearly fruit;
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مریمان بی شوی آبست از مسیح ** خامشان بی لاف و گفتاری فصیح
- (Like) Maries, having no husband, yet big with a Messiah; silent ones, wordless and devoid of articulate expression,