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1573-1597

  • روز محشر هشت بینی حاملانش  ** هم تو باشی افضل هشت آن زمانش 
  • On the Day of the (Last) Congregation thou wilt see that its bearers are eight: at that time also thou wilt be the most excellent of its eight (bearers).”

  • هم‌چنین برمی‌شمرد و می‌گریست  ** بوی می‌برد او کزین مقصود چیست 
  • Thus was she (the Earth) enumerating (his qualities) and weeping: she guessed what was the object of this (mission).

  • معدن شرم و حیا بد جبرئیل  ** بست آن سوگندها بر وی سبیل  1575
  • Gabriel was a mine of reverence and respect: those adjurations barred the way against him.

  • بس که لابه کردش و سوگند داد  ** بازگشت و گفت یا رب العباد 
  • Inasmuch as she entreated and adjured him, he returned and said, “O Lord of Thy servants,

  • که نبودم من به کارت سرسری  ** لیک زانچ رفت تو داناتری 
  • (I protest) that I have not been remiss in Thy affair, but Thou knowest what happened better (than I).

  • گفت نامی که ز هولش ای بصیر  ** هفت گردون باز ماند از مسیر 
  • She (the Earth) pronounced the Name from awe of which, O All-seeing One, the Seven Heavens would cease from their course.

  • شرمم آمد گشتم از نامت خجل  ** ورنه آسانست نقل مشت گل 
  • (A feeling of) shame came over me, I was abashed by Thy Name; else, ’tis easy to convey a handful of earth,

  • که تو زوری داده‌ای املاک را  ** که بدرانند این افلاک را  1580
  • For Thou hast bestowed such a strength upon the Angels that they can tear these celestial spheres to shreds.”

  • فرستادن میکائیل را علیه‌السلام به قبض حفنه‌ای خاک از زمین جهت ترکیب ترتیب جسم مبارک ابوالبشر خلیفة الحق مسجود الملک و معلمهم آدم علیه‌السلام 
  • The sending of Michael, on whom be peace, to take a handful of clay from the Earth for putting together the frame of the blessed body of the Father of Mankind, the Vicegerent of God, Adam, on whom be peace, the Adored of the Angels and their Teacher.

  • گفت میکائیل را تو رو به زیر  ** مشت خاکی در ربا از وی چو شیر 
  • He (God) said to Michael, “Do thou go down and seize, like a lion, a handful of clay from her.”

  • چونک میکائیل شد تا خاکدان  ** دست کرد او تا که برباید از آن 
  • When Michael reached the Earth, he put forth his hand to seize (the clay) from her.

  • خاک لرزید و درآمد در گریز  ** گشت او لابه‌کنان و اشک‌ریز 
  • The Earth trembled and began to flee (recoil): she became suppliant and shed tears.

  • سینه سوزان لابه کرد و اجتهاد  ** با سرشک پر ز خون سوگند داد 
  • Her breast burning (with grief), she made supplication and earnest entreaty: with bloody tears she adjured (him),

  • که به یزدان لطیف بی‌ندید  ** که بکردت حامل عرش مجید  1585
  • Saying, “(I beseech thee) by the gracious incomparable God who hath made thee the bearer of the majestic Throne.

  • کیل ارزاق جهان را مشرفی  ** تشنگان فضل را تو مغرفی 
  • Thou art the overseer for measuring (and dispensing) the world's means of sustenance: thou art the ladler to them that thirst for the (Divine) bounty”—

  • زانک میکائیل از کیل اشتقاق  ** دارد و کیال شد در ارتزاق 
  • Because (the name) Míká’íl (Michael) is derived from kayl (measure), and he has become the measurer (kayyál) in dispensation of the means of subsistence.

  • که امانم ده مرا آزاد کن  ** بین که خون‌آلود می‌گویم سخن 
  • “Give me quarter, set me free! See how I am uttering words stained with blood.”

  • معدن رحم اله آمد ملک  ** گفت چون ریزم بر آن ریش این نمک 
  • The Angel is a mine of God's mercy: he (Michael) said, “How should I sprinkle this salt on that wound?”—

  • هم‌چنانک معدن قهرست دیو  ** که برآورد از نبی آدم غریو  1590
  • Just as the Devil is a mine of (God's) wrath, for he has raised up a roar (of lamentation) from the sons of Adam.

  • سبق رحمت بر غضب هست ای فتا  ** لطف غالب بود در وصف خدا 
  • The precedence of Mercy over Wrath exists (as a fact), O youth: clemency was (eternally) predominant in the nature of God.

  • بندگان دارند لابد خوی او  ** مشکهاشان پر ز آب جوی او 
  • His (chosen) servants necessarily possess His disposition: their water-skins are filled from the water of His stream.

  • آن رسول حق قلاوز سلوک  ** گفت الناس علی دین الملوک 
  • The Messenger of God and the Guide on the (mystic) journey said that men follow the usage of their kings.

  • رفت میکائیل سوی رب دین  ** خالی از مقصود دست و آستین 
  • Michael went (back) to the Lord of the Judgement, with hand and sleeve empty of the object of his quest.

  • گفت ای دانای سر و شاه فرد  ** خاک از زاری و گریه بسته کرد  1595
  • He said, “O Knower of the secret, O peerless King, the Earth bound me (tied my hands) by lamenting and weeping.

  • آب دیده پیش تو با قدر بود  ** من نتانستم که آرم ناشنود 
  • Tears were (ever) precious with Thee: I could not feign not to have heard.

  • آه و زاری پیش تو بس قدر داشت  ** من نتانستم حقوق آن گذاشت 
  • Moaning and wailing (ever) had great value with Thee: I could not leave their rights unheeded.