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سوی گورستان عمر بنهاد رو ** در بغل همیان دوان در جستجو
- ‘Umar set his face towards the graveyard with the purse under his arm, running in search (of God's favourite).
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گرد گورستان دوانه شد بسی ** غیر آن پیر او ندید آن جا کسی
- Long did he run round about the graveyard: he saw there no one but that old man.
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گفت این نبود دگر باره دوید ** مانده گشت و غیر آن پیر او ندید 2170
- He said, “This is not he,” and ran once more. He became tired out and saw none but the old man.
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گفت حق فرمود ما را بنده‌‌ای است ** صافی و شایسته و فرخنده‌‌ای است
- He said, “God said, ‘We have a servant: he is a pure and worthy and blessed one.’
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پیر چنگی کی بود خاص خدا ** حبذا ای سر پنهان حبذا
- How should an old harper be the chosen of God? O Hidden Mystery, how excellent, how excellent art Thou!”
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بار دیگر گرد گورستان بگشت ** همچو آن شیر شکاری گرد دشت
- Once again he wandered about the graveyard, like the hunting lion about the desert.
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چون یقین گشتش که غیر پیر نیست ** گفت در ظلمت دل روشن بسی است
- When it became certain to him that none was there except the old man, he said, “Many an illumined heart is (to be found) in darkness.”
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آمد او با صد ادب آن جا نشست ** بر عمر عطسه فتاد و پیر جست 2175
- He came and sat down there (beside him) with a hundred marks of respect. ‘Umar happened to sneeze, and the old man sprang to his feet.
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مر عمر را دید و ماند اندر شگفت ** عزم رفتن کرد و لرزیدن گرفت
- He saw ‘Umar and stood fixed in amazement: he resolved to go and began to tremble (with fear).
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گفت در باطن خدایا از تو داد ** محتسب بر پیرکی چنگی فتاد
- He said within himself, “O God, help, I beseech thee! The Inspector has fallen upon a poor old harper.”