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  • از بهشت انداختش بر روی خاک ** چون سمک در شست او شد از سماک‏
  • He cast him from Paradise upon the face of the earth: he (Adam) fell from Simák into his net, like a fish,

  • نوحه‏ی إنا ظلمنا می‏زدی ** نیست دستان و فسونش را حدی‏ 2710
  • Crying in lamentation, ‘Verily, we have wronged (ourselves).’ There is no bound to his (Satan's) guile and imposture.

  • اندرون هر حدیث او شر است ** صد هزاران سحر در وی مضمر است‏
  • In his every saying there is mischief: myriads of enchantments are concealed in his mind.

  • مردی مردان ببندد در نفس ** در زن و در مرد افروزد هوس‏
  • He unmans men in a moment: he kindles vain desire in man and woman.

  • ای بلیس خلق سوز فتنه جو ** بر چی‏ام بیدار کردی راست گو
  • O Iblís, you that consume the people and seek to tempt them (to their ruin), on what ground did you awaken me? Tell the truth!”

  • باز تقریر ابلیس تلبیس خود را
  • How Iblís once more exhibited his deceit.

  • گفت هر مردی که باشد بد گمان ** نشنود او راست را با صد نشان‏
  • He said, “No man that thinks evil (is suspicious) would hearken to the truth notwithstanding a hundred signs (that pointed it out).

  • هر درونی که خیال‏اندیش شد ** چون دلیل آری خیالش بیش شد 2715
  • Every mind that has conceived fancies (suspicions)—when you bring forward proof, its fancy is increased.

  • چون سخن دروی رود علت شود ** تیغ غازی دزد را آلت شود
  • When (sound and true) words enter it, they become a disease (they are corrupted and falsified): the holy warrior's sword becomes a tool for the thief.

  • پس جواب او سکوت است و سکون ** هست با ابله سخن گفتن جنون‏
  • Therefore the answer to him is silence and rest: to talk with a fool is madness.

  • تو ز من با حق چه نالی ای سلیم ** تو بنال از شر آن نفس لئیم‏
  • Why do you complain to God of me, O simpleton? Complain of the wickedness of that vile fleshly soul.

  • تو خوری حلوا تو را دنبل شود ** تب بگیرد طبع تو مختل شود
  • You eat halwá (sweetmeat), (then) boils break out in you, fever lays hold of you, your health is disordered.

  • بی‏گنه لعنت کنی ابلیس را ** چون نبینی از خود آن تلبیس را 2720
  • You curse Iblís, guiltless (though he is). How do you not see (that) that deception (proceeds) from yourself?

  • نیست از ابلیس از تست ای غوی ** که چو روبه سوی دنبه می‏دوی‏
  • It is not (the fault) of Iblís, it is (the fault) of yourself, O misguided one, that you are going like a fox towards the sheep's fat tail.

  • چون که در سبزه ببینی دنبه را ** دام باشد این ندانی تو چرا
  • When you see the fat tails in the green field, ’tis a snare. Why are you ignorant of this?

  • ز آن ندانی کت ز دانش دور کرد ** میل دنبه چشم و عقلت کور کرد
  • You are ignorant because desire for the fat tail has made you far from knowledge and has blinded your (spiritual) eye and intelligence.

  • حبک الأشیاء یعمیک یصم ** نفسک السودا جنت لا تختصم‏
  • Your love of (sensual) things makes you blind and deaf; your black fleshly soul is the culprit: do not quarrel (with others).

  • تو گنه بر من منه کژ مژ مبین ** من ز بد بیزارم و از حرص و کین‏ 2725
  • Do not put the guilt on me, do not see upside down. I am averse to evil and greed and enmity.

  • من بدی کردم پشیمانم هنوز ** انتظارم تا شبم آید به روز
  • I did an evil deed and am still repenting: I am waiting that my night may turn to day.

  • متهم گشتم میان خلق من ** فعل خود بر من نهد هر مرد و زن‏
  • I have become suspect amongst mankind: every man and woman lay their (evil) actions on me (at my door).

  • گرگ بی‏چاره اگر چه گرسنه است ** متهم باشد که او در طنطنه است‏
  • The helpless wolf, though he is hungry, is suspected of being in luxury.

  • از ضعیفی چون نتاند راه رفت ** خلق گوید تخمه است از لوت زفت‏
  • When, because of feebleness, he cannot go his way, people say it is indigestion (arising) from gross (rich and heavy) food.”

  • باز الحاح کردن معاویه ابلیس را
  • How Mu‘áwiya once more pressed Iblís hard.

  • گفت غیر راستی نرهاندت ** داد سوی راستی می‏خواندت‏ 2730
  • He said, “Nothing but the truth will save you: justice is calling you to (speak) the truth.

  • راست گو تا وارهی از چنگ من ** مکر ننشاند غبار جنگ من‏
  • Tell the truth, so that you may be delivered from my hand: cunning will not lay the dust of my war (will not induce me to leave you in peace).”

  • گفت چون دانی دروغ و راست را ** ای خیال‏اندیش پر اندیشه‏ها
  • He (Iblís) said, “How do you know (the difference between) falsehood and truth, O thinker of vain fancies, (you that are) filled with (idle) thoughts (about me)?”

  • گفت پیغمبر نشانی داده است ** قلب و نیکو را محک بنهاده است‏
  • He answered, “The Prophet has given an indication: he has laid down the touchstone (criterion) for (distinguishing) the base coin and the good.