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آن رهی که سرخ سازد لعل را ** و آن رهی که برق بخشد نعل را
- And the way whereby it makes the ruby red, and the way whereby it gives the lightning-flash to the (iron) horse-shoe,
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آن رهی که پخته سازد میوه را ** و آن رهی که دل دهد کالیوه را
- And the way whereby it ripens the fruit, and the way whereby it gives heart to one distraught (with fear).
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باز گو ای باز پر افروخته ** با شه و با ساعدش آموخته
- “Say it forth, O falcon with shining wings who hast learned (to be familiar) with the King and with his fore-arm.
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باز گو ای باز عنقا گیر شاه ** ای سپاه اشکن به خود نی با سپاه
- Say it forth, O royal falcon that dost catch the ‘Anqá, O thou that dost vanquish an army by thyself, not with (the aid of) an army.
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امت وحدی یکی و صد هزار ** باز گو ای بنده بازت را شکار 3785
- Thou alone art the (whole) community, thou art one and a hundred thousand. Say it forth, O thou to whose falcon thy slave has fallen a prey.
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در محل قهر این رحمت ز چیست ** اژدها را دستدادن راه کیست
- Wherefore this mercy in the place of vengeance? Whose way is it to give the hand to a dragon?”
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جواب گفتن امیر المؤمنین که سبب افکندن شمشیر از دست چه بود در آن حالت
- How the Prince of the Faithful made answer (and explained) what was the reason of his dropping the sword from his hand on that occasion.
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گفت من تیغ از پی حق میزنم ** بندهی حقم نه مأمور تنم
- He said, “I am wielding the sword for God's sake, I am the servant of God, I am not under the command of the body.
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شیر حقم نیستم شیر هوا ** فعل من بر دین من باشد گوا
- I am the Lion of God, I am not the lion of passion: my deed bears witness to my religion.
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ما رمیت إذ رمیتم در حراب ** من چو تیغم و آن زننده آفتاب
- In war I am (manifesting the truth of) thou didst not throw when thou threwest: I am (but) as the sword, and the wielder is the (Divine) Sun.
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رخت خود را من ز ره برداشتم ** غیر حق را من عدم انگاشتم 3790
- I have removed the baggage of self out of the way, I have deemed (what is) other than God to be non-existence.
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سایهام من کدخدایم آفتاب ** حاجبم من نیستم او را حجاب
- I am a shadow, the Sun is my lord; I am the chamberlain, I am not the curtain (which prevents approach) to Him.
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من چو تیغم پر گهرهای وصال ** زنده گردانم نه کشته در قتال
- I am filled with the pearls of union, like a (jewelled) sword: in battle I make (men) living, not slain.
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خون نپوشد گوهر تیغ مرا ** باد از جا کی برد میغ مرا
- Blood does not cover the sheen of my sword: how should the wind sweep away my clouds?
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که نیم کوهم ز حلم و صبر و داد ** کوه را کی در رباید تند باد
- I am not a straw, I am a mountain of forbearance and patience and justice: how should the fierce wind carry off the mountain?”
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آن که از بادی رود از جا خسی است ** ز آن که باد ناموافق خود بسی است 3795
- That which is removed from its place by a wind is rubbish, for indeed the contrary winds are many.
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باد خشم و باد شهوت باد آز ** برد او را که نبود اهل نماز
- The wind of anger and the wind of lust and the wind of greed swept away him that performed not the (ritual) prayers.
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کوهم و هستی من بنیاد اوست ** ور شود چون کاه بادم یاد اوست
- “I am a mountain, and my being is His building; and if I become like a straw, my wind (the wind that moves me) is recollection of Him.
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جز به باد او نجنبد میل من ** نیست جز عشق احد سر خیل من
- My longing is not stirred save by His wind; my captain is naught but love of the One.
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خشم بر شاهان شه و ما را غلام ** خشم را هم بستهام زیر لگام
- Anger is king over kings, and to me it is a slave: even anger I have bound under the bridle.
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تیغ حلمم گردن خشمم زده ست ** خشم حق بر من چو رحمت آمده ست 3800
- The sword of my forbearance hath smitten the neck of my anger; the anger of God hath come on me like mercy.
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غرق نورم گر چه سقفم شد خراب ** روضه گشتم گر چه هستم بو تراب
- I am plunged in light although my roof is ruined; I have become a garden although I am (styled) Bú Turáb (the father of dust).
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چون در آمد علتی اندر غزا ** تیغ را دیدم نهان کردن سزا
- Since a motive (other than God) entered (my heart) in the (holy) war, I deemed it right to sheathe my sword,
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تا احب لله آید نام من ** تا که ابغض لله آید کام من
- That my name may be he loves for God's sake, that my desire may be he hates for God's sake,
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تا که اعطا لله آید جود من ** تا که امسک لله آید بود من
- That my generosity may be he gives for God's sake, that my being may be he withholds for God's sake.
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بخل من لله عطا لله و بس ** جمله للهام نیم من آن کس 3805
- My stinginess is for God's sake, my bounty is for God's sake alone: I belong entirely to God, I do not belong to any one (else);