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  • در بلا هم می‏چشم لذات او ** مات اویم مات اویم مات او
  • Even in woe I am tasting His delights: I am mated by Him, mated by Him, mated by Him!

  • چون رهاند خویشتن را ای سره ** هیچ کس در شش جهت از شش دره‏
  • How shall any one, O noble sir, in (this world of) six directions deliver himself from the shashdara (the place with six doors)?

  • جزو شش از کل شش چون وارهد ** خاصه که بی‏چون مر او را کژ نهد
  • How shall the part of the six escape from the whole of the six, especially when the Unconditioned sets it wrong?

  • هر که در شش او درون آتش است ** اوش برهاند که خلاق شش است‏ 2650
  • Whoever is in the six is in the fire; (only) He that is the creator of the six will deliver him.

  • خود اگر کفر است و گر ایمان او ** دست باف حضرت است و آن او
  • Truly, whether it be infidelity or faith in Him (to which he is predestined), he is the hand-loom (instrument) of the Lord and belongs to Him.”

  • باز تقریر کردن معاویه با ابلیس مکر او را
  • How Mu‘áwiya again exposed the deceitfulness of Iblís.

  • گفت امیر او را که اینها راست است ** لیک بخش تو ازینها کاست است‏
  • The Amír said to him, “These things are true, but your share in these things is wanting.

  • صد هزاران را چو من تو ره زدی ** حفره کردی در خزینه آمدی‏
  • You have waylaid hundreds of thousands like me: you have made a hole and have come into the treasure-house.

  • آتشی از تو نسوزم چاره نیست ** کیست کز دست تو جامه‏ش پاره نیست‏
  • You are fire and naphtha: you are fire: I cannot help being burned by you. Who is there whose raiment is not torn to pieces by your hand?

  • طبعت ای آتش چو سوزانیدنی است ** تا نسوزانی تو چیزی چاره نیست‏ 2655
  • Inasmuch as it is your nature, O fire, to be a cause of burning, there is no help but you must burn something.

  • لعنت این باشد که سوزانت کند ** اوستاد جمله دزدانت کند
  • This is God's curse (on you), that He makes you burn (things) and makes you the master of all thieves.

  • با خدا گفتی شنیدی رو برو ** من چه باشم پیش مکرت ای عدو
  • You have spoken with God and heard (Him speak) face to face: what should I be (able to do) before your deceit, O enemy?

  • معرفتهای تو چون بانگ صفیر ** بانگ مرغانی است لیکن مرغ گیر
  • Your stock of knowledge is like the sound of (the fowler's) whistle: it is the cry of birds, but it is bird-ensnaring.

  • صد هزاران مرغ را آن ره زده ست ** مرغ غره کاشنایی آمده ست‏
  • That (whistle) has waylaid myriads of birds, the bird (in each case) being duped (by the fancy) that a friend is come.

  • در هوا چون بشنود بانگ صفیر ** از هوا آید شود اینجا اسیر 2660
  • When it hears in the air the sound of the whistle, it comes (down) from the air and is made captive here.

  • قوم نوح از مکر تو در نوحه‏اند ** دل کباب و سینه شرحه شرحه‏اند
  • Through your deceit the people of Noah are in lamentation: they have hearts charred and bosoms (torn) to shreds.

  • عاد را تو باد دادی در جهان ** در فگندی در عذاب و اندهان‏
  • You gave ‘Ád in this world to the wind (of destruction): you cast (them) into torment and sorrows.

  • از تو بود آن سنگسار قوم لوط ** در سیاه آبه ز تو خوردند غوط
  • Through you was the stoning of the people of Lot: through you were they sunk in the black rain-water.

  • مغز نمرود از تو آمد ریخته ** ای هزاران فتنه‏ها انگیخته‏
  • Through you was the brain of Nimrod crumbled, O you that have raised thousands of turmoils!

  • عقل فرعون ذکی فیلسوف ** کور گشت از تو نیابید او وقوف‏ 2665
  • Through you the intelligence of Pharaoh, the acute and sage, became blinded, (so that) he found no understanding.

  • بو لهب هم از تو نااهلی شده ** بو الحکم هم از تو بو جهلی شده‏
  • Through you also Bú Lahab became an unworthy one; through you also Bu ’l- Hakam became a Bú Jahl.

  • ای بر این شطرنج بهر یاد را ** مات کرده صد هزار استاد را
  • O you that on this chessboard, for the sake of remembrance, have checkmated hundreds of thousands of masters,

  • ای ز فرزین بندهای مشکلت ** سوخته دلها سیه گشته دلت‏
  • O you by whose difficult attacking moves (our) hearts have been burned and your (own) heart has been blackened,

  • بحر مکری تو خلایق قطره‏ای ** تو چو کوهی وین سلیمان ذره‏ای‏
  • You are the sea of cunning, (and all) the creatures (are but) a drop: you are like a mountain and (we) simple ones (are but) a mote.

  • کی رهد از مکر تو ای مختصم ** غرق طوفانیم الا من عصم‏ 2670
  • Who shall escape from your cunning, O adversary? We are drowned in the flood, except them that are protected (by God).

  • بس ستاره‏ی سعد از تو محترق ** بس سپاه و جمع از تو مفترق‏
  • By you many a fortunate star has been burned: by you many an army and host have been scattered.”

  • باز جواب گفتن ابلیس معاویه را
  • How Iblís again replied to Mu‘áwiya.