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کای رسول حق برای محسنی ** سوی آن مسجد قدم رنجه کنی
- Saying, “O Messenger of God, wilt thou for kindness' sake give thyself the trouble (to walk) to that mosque,
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تا مبارک گردد از اقدام تو ** تا قیامت تازه باد ایام تو
- To the end that it may be made blessed by thy approach— may thy days flourish until the Resurrection!
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مسجد روز گل است و روز ابر ** مسجد روز ضرورت وقت فقر
- It is a mosque for muddy and cloudy days, a mosque for days of sore distress in times of poverty,
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تا غریبی یابد آن جا خیر و جا ** تا فراوان گردد این خدمتسرا
- That a (poor) stranger may get charity and room (to shelter) there, and that this house of service may be frequented,
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تا شعار دین شود بسیار و پر ** ز انکه با یاران شود خوش کار مر 2835
- So that the rites of the Religion may be multiplied and abound; because a bitter plight is sweetened (by being shared) with friends.
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ساعتی آن جایگه تشریف ده ** تزکیهی ما کن ز ما تعریف ده
- Honour that place (by thy presence) for a short while: declare us to be sincere, and give a good account of us.
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مسجد و اصحاب مسجد را نواز ** تو مهی ما شب دمی با ما بساز
- Show favour to the mosque and its founders. Thou art the moon, we are the night: comply with us for a moment,
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تا شود شب از جمالت همچو روز ** ای جمالت آفتاب جان فروز
- In order that by thy beauty night may be made like day, O thou whose beauty is a soul-illumining sun.”
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ای دریغا کان سخن از دل بدی ** تا مراد آن نفر حاصل شدی
- Alas! would that those words had been from the heart, so that the desire of those folk might have been accomplished!
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لطف کاید بیدل و جان در زبان ** همچو سبزهی تون بود ای دوستان 2840
- Courtesy that comes to the tongue without (sincerity of) heart and soul is like herbs on the ash-heap, O friends.
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هم ز دورش بنگر و اندر گذر ** خوردن و بو را نشاید ای پسر
- Look at them from afar and pass on: they are not fit for eating or smelling, O son.
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سوی لطف بیوفایان هین مرو ** کان پل ویران بود نیکو شنو
- Beware, do not go (incline) towards the courtesy of the faithless, for it is a ruined bridge: heed well (my warning).
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گر قدم را جاهلی بر وی زند ** بشکند پل و آن قدم را بشکند
- If a fool set foot on it, the bridge will break, and will shatter that foot of his.
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هر کجا لشکر شکسته میشود ** او دو سه سست مخنث میبود
- Wherever an army is routed, it is because of two or three effeminate weaklings.
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در صف آید با سلاح او مردوار ** دل بر او بنهند کاینک یار غار 2845
- He (the poltroon) comes armed into the battle-line, like a man: they (the soldiers) put their trust in him, saying, “Here's the Comrade of the Cave.”
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رو بگرداند چو بیند زخمها ** رفتن او بشکند پشت ترا
- He turns his face (in flight) when he sees wounds: his going breaks your back.
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این دراز است و فراوان میشود ** و آن چه مقصود است پنهان میشود
- This (topic) is long and is expanding, and that which is aimed at is becoming hidden (from sight).
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فریفتن منافقان پیغامبر را تا به مسجد ضرارش برند
- How the Hypocrites cajoled the Prophet—God bless and save him!—that they might take him to the Mosque of Opposition.
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بر رسول حق فسونها خواندند ** رخش دستان و حیل میراندند
- They chanted spells over (spoke deceitful words to) the Messenger of God: they were driving (hard) the steed of cunning and craft.
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آن رسول مهربان رحم کیش ** جز تبسم جز بلی ناورد پیش
- The kind and compassionate Messenger proffered (in reply) nothing but smiles, nothing but “Yes.”
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شکرهای آن جماعت یاد کرد ** در اجابت قاصدان را شاد کرد 2850
- He expressed (his) thanks to that company (deputation): he gladdened the envoys in (by) assent.
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مینمود آن مکر ایشان پیش او ** یک به یک ز آن سان که اندر شیر مو
- Their deceit was apparent to him, point by point, in the same way as hairs in milk.
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موی را نادیده میکرد آن لطیف ** شیر را شاباش میگفت آن ظریف
- That courteous one feigned not to see the hairs: that polite one said “Bravo!” to the milk.
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صد هزاران موی مکر و دمدمه ** چشم خوابانید آن دم ز ان همه
- Myriad hairs of deceit and fraud (he beheld), and at that time he closed his eyes to it all.
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راست میفرمود آن بحر کرم ** بر شما من از شما مشفقترم
- That ocean of bounty spoke truly (when he said), “I am kinder unto you than you (yourselves are).
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من نشسته بر کنار آتشی ** با فروغ و شعلهی بس ناخوشی 2855
- I am seated at the edge of a fire with an exceedingly unpleasant blaze and flame;