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دیده را بر جستن عمر گماشت ** رخت را و اسب را ضایع گذاشت
- He fixed his eye on seeking ‘Umar, he let his baggage and horse be lost.
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هر طرف اندر پی آن مرد کار ** میشدی پرسان او دیوانهوار 1410
- He was going in every direction after that man of (great) accomplishment, inquiring madly for him,
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کاین چنین مردی بود اندر جهان ** وز جهان مانند جان باشد نهان
- Saying, “Can there be in the world such a man, and he be hid, like the spirit, from the world?”
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جست او را تاش چون بنده بود ** لا جرم جوینده یابنده بود
- He sought him, that he might be as a slave to him: inevitably the seeker is a finder.
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دید اعرابی زنی او را دخیل ** گفت عمر نک به زیر آن نخیل
- An Arab woman of the desert saw that he was a stranger-guest. “Look,” said she, “there is ‘Umar under that palm.
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زیر خرما بن ز خلقان او جدا ** زیر سایه خفته بین سایهی خدا
- There he is under the palm-tree, apart from the people: behold the Shadow of God asleep in the shade!”
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یافتن رسول روم عمر را خفته در زیر درخت
- How the ambassador of Rum found the Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar, may God be well-pleased with him, sleeping under the tree.
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آمد او آن جا و از دور ایستاد ** مر عمر را دید و در لرز اوفتاد 1415
- He came thither and stood afar off; he saw 'Umar and fell a-trembling.
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هیبتی ز آن خفته آمد بر رسول ** حالتی خوش کرد بر جانش نزول
- An awe came upon the ambassador from that slumbering man, a sweet ecstasy lodged in his soul.
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مهر و هیبت هست ضد همدگر ** این دو ضد را دید جمع اندر جگر
- Love and awe are contrary to each other: he saw these two contraries united in his heart.
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گفت با خود من شهان را دیدهام ** پیش سلطانان مه و بگزیدهام
- He said to himself: “I have seen (many) kings, I have been great (in esteem) and chosen (for honour) in the presence of sultans: