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  • اسپ سنگین گاو سنگین ز ابتلا  ** می‌شود مسجود از مکر خدا 
  • Because of the (Divine) probation a stone horse (or) a stone cow becomes, through God's deception, an object of worship.

  • پیش کافر نیست بت را ثانیی  ** نیست بت را فر و نه روحانیی 
  • In the eyes of the infidel (idolater) the idol has no second (is without parallel), (though) the idol has neither glory nor spirituality.

  • چست آن جاذب نهان اندر نهان  ** در جهان تابیده از دیگر جهان  3360
  • What is the attracting power, hidden in the hidden most, that shines forth in this world from (its source in) the other world?

  • عقل محجوبست و جان هم زین کمین  ** من نمی‌بینم تو می‌توانی ببین 
  • The intellect is barred, and the spirit also, from (access to) this ambush; I cannot see it: see it (if) you can!

  • چونک خوارمشه ز سیران باز گشت  ** با خواص ملک خود هم‌راز گشت 
  • When the Khwárizmsháh returned from his ride, he conferred with the nobles of his kingdom.

  • پس به سرهنگان بفرمود آن زمان  ** تا بیارند اسپ را زان خاندان 
  • Then he immediately ordered the officers to fetch the horse from that (Amír's) household.

  • هم‌چو آتش در رسیدند آن گروه  ** هم‌چو پشمی گشت امیر هم‌چو کوه 
  • (Quick) as fire, the party (of officers) arrived (there): the Amír who was like a mountain (in pride and stubbornness) became (soft and weak) as a piece of wool

  • جانش از درد و غبین تا لب رسید  ** جز عمادالملک زنهاری ندید  3365
  • He almost expired from the anguish and defraudment: he saw no (means of) protection except the ‘Imádu ’l-Mulk;

  • که عمادالملک بد پای علم  ** بهر هر مظلوم و هر مقتول غم 
  • For the ‘Imádu ’l-Mulk was the foot of the banner to which every victim of injustice and every one stricken by distress would flock for refuge.

  • محترم‌تر خود نبد زو سروری  ** پیش سلطان بود چون پیغامبری 
  • In sooth there was no chief more revered than he: in the eyes of the Sultan he was like a prophet.

  • بی‌طمع بود او اصیل و پارسا  ** رایض و شب‌خیز و حاتم در سخا 
  • He was unambitious, strong-minded, devout, ascetic, one who kept vigils and was (like) Hátim in generosity;

  • بس همایون‌رای و با تدبیر و راد  ** آزموده رای او در هر مراد 
  • Very felicitous in judgement, endowed with foresight, and sage: his judgement had been proved in everything that he sought to attain.

  • هم به بذل جان سخی و هم به مال  ** طالب خورشید غیب او چون هلال  3370
  • (He was) generous both in self-sacrifice and in sacrificing wealth: (he was) always seeking the Sun of the invisible world, like the new-moon.

  • در امیری او غریب و محتبس  ** در صفات فقر وخلت ملتبس 
  • In his (worldly) princedom he felt strange and embarrassed: he was clad (inwardly) in the attributes of (spiritual) poverty and love (of God).

  • بوده هر محتاج را هم‌چون پدر  ** پیش سلطان شافع و دفع ضرر 
  • He was like a father to every one in need: before the Sultan he was an intercessor and the means of averting harm.

  • مر بدان را ستر چون حلم خدا  ** خلق او بر عکس خلقان و جدا 
  • To the wicked he was a covering (to palliate their offences), like the clemency of God: his nature was opposite to (that of other) created beings and apart (from theirs).

  • بارها می‌شد به سوی کوه فرد  ** شاه با صد لابه او را دفع کرد 
  • Many a time he would have gone alone to the mountains (in order to seclude himself), (but) the Sultan prevented (dissuaded) him by (making) a hundred humble entreaties.

  • هر دم ار صد جرم را شافع شدی  ** چشم سلطان را ازو شرم آمدی  3375
  • If at every moment he had interceded for a hundred sins, the Sultan's eye would have been abashed before him.

  • رفت او پیش عماد الملک راد  ** سر برهنه کرد و بر خاک اوفتاد 
  • He (the Amír) went to the noble ‘Imádu ’l-Mulk: he bared his head and fell on the ground,

  • که حرم با هر چه دارم گو بگیر  ** تا بگیرد حاصلم را هر مغیر 
  • Saying, “Let him (the king) take my harem together with all that I possess! Let any raider seize my (entire) revenue!

  • این یکی اسپست جانم رهن اوست  ** گر برد مردم یقین ای خیردوست 
  • (But) there is this one horse—my soul is devoted to it: if he take it, I will surely die, O lover of good.

  • گر برد این اسپ را از دست من  ** من یقین دانم نخواهم زیستن 
  • If he take this horse out of my hands, I know for certain that I shall not live (long).

  • چون خدا پیوستگیی داده است  ** بر سرم مال ای مسیحا زود دست  3380
  • Since God has bestowed (on thee) a (spiritual) connexion (with Himself), stroke my head at once with thy hand, O Messiah!

  • از زن و زر و عقارم صبر هست  ** این تکلف نیست نی تزویریست 
  • I can bear the loss of my women and gold and estates: this is not pretence nor is it an imposture.

  • اندرین گر می‌نداری باورم  ** امتحان کن امتحان گفت و قدم 
  • If thou dost not believe me in this (matter), try me, try me in word and deed!”