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  • 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.

  • موج دریا چون به امر حق بتاخت ** اهل موسی را ز قبطی واشناخت‌‌
  • The waves of the sea, when they charged on by God's command, discriminated the people of Moses from the Egyptians.

  • خاک قارون را چو فرمان در رسید ** با زر و تختش به قعر خود کشید
  • The earth, when the (Divine) command came, drew Qárún (Korah) with his gold and throne into its lowest depth.

  • آب و گل چون از دم عیسی چرید ** بال و پر بگشاد مرغی شد پرید 865
  • The water and clay, when it fed on the breath of Jesus, spread wings and pinions, became a bird, and flew.