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ره گذر بود و بمانده از مرض ** در یکی گوشهی خرابه پر حرض 860
- He was a wayfarer and, on account of sickness, had remained in the corner of a ruin, in utter exhaustion.
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خفته بود او در یکی کنجی خراب ** چون بدیدندش بگفتندش شتاب
- He was lying in a ruined nook. When they espied him, they said to him hurriedly,
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خیز که سلطان ترا طالب شدست ** کز تو خواهد شهر ما از قتل رست
- “Arise! The Sultan has demanded thee: by thee our city will be saved from slaughter.”
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گفت اگر پایم بدی یا مقدمی ** خود به راه خود به مقصد رفتمی
- He replied, “If I had the foot (power to walk) or any (means of) arrival, I myself would have gone by my own road to my destination.
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اندرین دشمنکده کی ماندمی ** سوی شهر دوستان میراندمی
- How should I have remained in this abode of my enemies? I would have pushed on towards the city of my friends.”
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تختهی مردهکشان بفراشتند ** وان ابوبکر مرا برداشتند 865
- They raised the corpse-bearers' board and lifted our Abú Bakr (upon it).
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سوی خوارمشاه حمالان کشان ** میکشیدندش که تا بیند نشان
- The carriers were taking him along to Khwárizmsháh, that he (the Sultan) might behold the token (which he desired).
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سبزوارست این جهان و مرد حق ** اندرین جا ضایعست و ممتحق
- Sabzawár is this world, and in this place the man of God is wasted and goodfor- naught.
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هست خوارمشاه یزدان جلیل ** دل همی خواهد ازین قوم رذیل
- Khwárizmsháh is God Almighty: He demands from this wicked folk the (pure) heart.
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گفت لا ینظر الی تصویرکم ** فابتغوا ذا القلب فیتدبیر کم
- He (the Prophet) said, “He (God) doth not regard your (outward) form: therefore in your devising seek ye the owner of the Heart.”