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  • گر نبودی واقف از حق جان باد ** فرق کی کردی میان قوم عاد
  • Had not the soul of the wind been informed by God, how would it have distinguished (the believers and unbelievers) amongst the people of ‘Ád?

  • قصه‌‌ی باد که در عهد هود علیه السلام قوم عاد را هلاک کرد
  • The story of the wind which destroyed the people of ‘Ád in the time of (the prophet) Húd, on whom be peace.

  • هود گرد مومنان خطی کشید ** نرم می‌‌شد باد کانجا می‌‌رسید
  • Húd drew a line round the believers: the wind would become soft (subside) when it reached that place,

  • هر که بیرون بود ز آن خط جمله را ** پاره پاره می‌‌گسست اندر هوا 855
  • (Although) it was dashing to pieces in the air all who were outside of the line.

  • همچنین شیبان راعی می‌‌کشید ** گرد بر گرد رمه خطی پدید
  • Likewise Shaybán the shepherd used to draw a visible line round his flock

  • چون به جمعه می‌‌شد او وقت نماز ** تا نیارد گرگ آن جا ترک تاز
  • Whenever he went to the Friday service at prayer-time, in order that the wolf might not raid and ravage there:

  • هیچ گرگی در نرفتی اندر آن ** گوسفندی هم نگشتی ز آن نشان‌‌
  • No wolf would go into that (circle), nor would any sheep stray beyond that mark;

  • باد حرص گرگ و حرص گوسفند ** دایره‌‌ی مرد خدا را بود بند
  • The wind of the wolf's and sheeps' concupiscence was barred because of (by) the circle of the man of God.

  • همچنین باد اجل با عارفان ** نرم و خوش همچون نسیم یوسفان‌‌ 860
  • Even so, to those who know God (‘árifán) the wind of Death is soft and pleasant as the breeze (that wafts the scent) of (loved) ones like Joseph.

  • آتش ابراهیم را دندان نزد ** چون گزیده‌‌ی حق بود چونش گزد
  • The fire did not set its teeth in Abraham: how should it bite him, since he is the chosen of God?

  • ز آتش شهوت نسوزد اهل دین ** باقیان را برده تا قعر زمین‌‌
  • The religious are not burned by the fire of lust which bore all the rest down to the bottom of the earth.