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2918-2927

  • سالها گفتید زین افسون و پند ** سخت‌تر می‌گشت زان هر لحظه بند
  • For years ye uttered spells and admonitions of this kind, and by them our bondage was made sorer every moment.

  • گر دوا را این مرض قابل بدی ** آخر از وی ذره‌ای زایل شدی
  • If this disease were susceptible of cure, some particle of it would at last have been removed.

  • سده چون شد آب ناید در جگر ** گر خورد دریا رود جایی دگر 2920
  • When hepatitis occurs, water does not enter the liver: if he (the patient) should drink up the (whole) sea, it (the water) would go somewhere else;

  • لاجرم آماس گیرد دست و پا ** تشنگی را نشکند آن استقا
  • Consequently the hands and feet become swollen: that water-drinking does not defeat the thirst.”

  • باز جواب انبیا علیهم السلام ایشان را
  • How the prophets, on whom be peace, answered them again.

  • انبیا گفتند نومیدی بدست ** فضل و رحمتهای باری بی‌حدست
  • The prophets said, “Despair is wicked: the grace and the mercies of the Creator are infinite.

  • از چنین محسن نشاید ناامید ** دست در فتراک این رحمت زنید
  • ’Tis not proper to despair of such a Benefactor: cling to the saddle-strap of this Mercy.

  • ای بسا کارا که اول صعب گشت ** بعد از آن بگشاده شد سختی گذشت
  • Oh, many a plight became hard in the beginning, (but) afterwards it was relieved, and the hardship passed away.

  • بعد نومیدی بسی اومیدهاست ** از پس ظلمت بسی خورشیدهاست 2925
  • After despair there are many hopes; after darkness there are many suns.

  • خود گرفتم که شما سنگین شدیت ** قفلها بر گوش و بر دل بر زدیت
  • I grant indeed that ye have become stony and have put locks upon your ears and hearts;

  • هیچ ما را با قبولی کار نیست ** کار ما تسلیم و فرمان کردنیست
  • (But) we have naught to do with any acceptance (on your part): our business is to resign ourselves (to God) and fulfil His command.