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باز گو ای باز عنقا گیر شاه ** ای سپاه اشکن به خود نی با سپاه
- Say it forth, O royal falcon that dost catch the ‘Anqá, O thou that dost vanquish an army by thyself, not with (the aid of) an army.
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امت وحدی یکی و صد هزار ** باز گو ای بنده بازت را شکار 3785
- Thou alone art the (whole) community, thou art one and a hundred thousand. Say it forth, O thou to whose falcon thy slave has fallen a prey.
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در محل قهر این رحمت ز چیست ** اژدها را دست‌‌دادن راه کیست
- Wherefore this mercy in the place of vengeance? Whose way is it to give the hand to a dragon?”
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جواب گفتن امیر المؤمنین که سبب افکندن شمشیر از دست چه بود در آن حالت
- How the Prince of the Faithful made answer (and explained) what was the reason of his dropping the sword from his hand on that occasion.
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گفت من تیغ از پی حق می‌‌زنم ** بنده‌‌ی حقم نه مأمور تنم
- He said, “I am wielding the sword for God's sake, I am the servant of God, I am not under the command of the body.
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شیر حقم نیستم شیر هوا ** فعل من بر دین من باشد گوا
- I am the Lion of God, I am not the lion of passion: my deed bears witness to my religion.
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ما رمیت إذ رمیتم در حراب ** من چو تیغم و آن زننده آفتاب
- In war I am (manifesting the truth of) thou didst not throw when thou threwest: I am (but) as the sword, and the wielder is the (Divine) Sun.
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رخت خود را من ز ره برداشتم ** غیر حق را من عدم انگاشتم 3790
- I have removed the baggage of self out of the way, I have deemed (what is) other than God to be non-existence.
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سایه‌‌ام من کدخدایم آفتاب ** حاجبم من نیستم او را حجاب
- I am a shadow, the Sun is my lord; I am the chamberlain, I am not the curtain (which prevents approach) to Him.
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من چو تیغم پر گهرهای وصال ** زنده گردانم نه کشته در قتال
- I am filled with the pearls of union, like a (jewelled) sword: in battle I make (men) living, not slain.
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خون نپوشد گوهر تیغ مرا ** باد از جا کی برد میغ مرا
- Blood does not cover the sheen of my sword: how should the wind sweep away my clouds?