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در کشاکشهای تکلیف و خطر ** بهر لله هل مرا اندر مبر
- For God's sake, leave me and do not plunge me into the troubles of (moral) obligation and danger.
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بهر آن لطفی که حقت بر گزید ** کرد بر تو علم لوح کل پدید
- (I beseech thee) for the sake of the favour by which God chose thee out and revealed to thee the knowledge (written) in the Universal Tablet,
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تا ملایک را معلم آمدی ** دایما با حق مکلم آمدی
- So that thou hast become the teacher of the Angels and art conversing with God continually;
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که سفیر انبیا خواهی بدن ** تو حیات جان وحیی نی بدن 1565
- For thou wilt be the messenger sent to the prophets: thou art the life of the inspired spirit, not (the life) of the body.
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بر سرافیلت فضیلت بود از آن ** کو حیات تن بود تو آن جان
- Thou (ever) hadst superiority over Seraphiel because he is the body's life, (while) thou art the spirit's.
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بانگ صورش نشات تنها بود ** نفخ تو نشو دل یکتا بود
- The blast of his trumpet is (producing) the growth of bodies; thy breath is (producing) the growth of the single heart.
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جان جان تن حیات دل بود ** پس ز دادش داد تو فاضل بود
- The life of the heart is the soul of the soul of the body: therefore thy gift is superior to his.
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باز میکائیل رزق تن دهد ** سعی تو رزق دل روشن دهد
- Again, Michael gives the sustenance (proper) for the body, (but) thy labour gives the sustenance (proper) for the illumined heart.
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او بداد کیل پر کردست ذیل ** داد رزق تو نمیگنجد به کیل 1570
- He has filled his skirt with gifts (of sustenance dispensed) by measure, (but) thy gifts of sustenance are immeasurable.
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هم ز عزرائیل با قهر و عطب ** تو بهی چون سبق رحمت بر غضب
- Moreover, thou art better than Azrael the tyrannous and enraged, even as (Divine) Mercy is prior to Wrath.