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  • آفتابا با چو تو قبله و امام  ** شب‌پرستی و خفاشی می‌کنیم 
  • “O (Divine) Sun, notwithstanding (that we have) a qibla (object of adoration) and Imám like Thee, we worship the night and behave in the manner of bats.

  • سوی خود کن این خفاشان را مطار  ** زین خفاشیشان بخر ای مستجار 
  • Make these bats to fly towards Thee and redeem them from this bat-like disposition, O Thou whose protection is implored!

  • این جوان زین جرم ضالست و مغیر  ** که بمن آمد ولی او را مگیر 
  • This youth (the Amír), by (committing) this sin, has gone astray and trespassed (against Thee), for he came to me (for help); but do not chastise him.”

  • در عماد الملک این اندیشه‌ها  ** گشته جوشان چون اسد در بیشه‌ها 
  • In the ‘Imádu ’l-Mulk these thoughts were raging like a lion (rushing) through the jungles.

  • ایستاده پیش سلطان ظاهرش  ** در ریاض غیب جان طایرش  3435
  • His exterior (person) stood before the Sultan, (but) his soaring spirit was in the meadows of the Unseen.

  • چون ملایک او به اقلیم الست  ** هر دمی می‌شد به شرب تازه مست 
  • Like the angels, he was momently being intoxicated with fresh draughts (of spiritual wine) in the realm of Alast;

  • اندرون سور و برون چون پر غمی  ** در تن هم‌چون لحد خوش عالمی 
  • Inwardly (merry as) a wedding-feast, but outwardly like a man filled with sorrow; a delectable world (concealed) in a tomb-like body.

  • او درین حیرت بد و در انتظار  ** تا چه پیدا آید از غیب و سرار 
  • He was in this (state of) bewilderment and waiting to see what would appear from the (world of) things occult and mysterious,

  • اسپ را اندر کشیدند آن زمان  ** پیش خوارمشاه سرهنگان کشان 
  • (When) at that time the officers brought the horse along into the presence of the Khwárizmsháh.

  • الحق اندر زیر این چرخ کبود  ** آن‌چنان کره به قد و تگ نبود  3440
  • Verily beneath this azure sky there was no (other) colt like that in (tallness and comeliness of) figure and in fleetness.

  • می‌ربودی رنگ او هر دیده را  ** مرحب آن از برق و مه زاییده را 
  • Its colour (splendid appearance) dazzled every eye: (all would exclaim), “Hail to the (steed) born of the lightning and the moon!”

  • هم‌چو مه هم‌چون عطارد تیزرو  ** گوییی صرصر علف بودش نه جو 
  • It moved as swiftly as the moon and Mercury: you might say that its fodder was the sarsar wind, not barley.

  • ماه عرصه‌ی آسمان را در شبی  ** می‌برد اندر مسیر و مذهبی 
  • The moon traverses the expanse of heaven in one night during a single journey and course.

  • چون به یک شب مه برید ابراج را  ** از چه منکر می‌شوی معراج را 
  • Since the moon traversed the signs of the zodiac in one night, wherefore wilt thou disbelieve the Ascension (of the Prophet)?

  • صد چو ماهست آن عجب در یتیم  ** که به یک ایماء او شد مه دو نیم  3445
  • That wondrous orphan Pearl is as a hundred moons, for at a nod from him the moon became (split in) two halves.

  • آن عجب کو در شکاف مه نمود  ** هم به قدر ضعف حس خلق بود 
  • (Even) the marvel which he displayed in splitting the moon was only according to the measure of the weakness of the perception possessed by the (common) people.

  • کار و بار انبیا و مرسلون  ** هست از افلاک و اخترها برون 
  • The work and business of the prophets and (Divine) messengers is beyond the skies and the stars.

  • تو برون رو هم ز افلاک و دوار  ** وانگهان نظاره کن آن کار و بار 
  • Do thou also go beyond (transcend) the skies and the revolving (orb), and then contemplate that work and business.

  • در میان بیضه‌ای چون فرخ‌ها  ** نشنوی تسبیح مرغان هوا 
  • (Whilst) thou art inside the egg, like chicks, thou canst not hear the glorification of God by the birds of the (supermundane) air.

  • معجزات این‌جا نخواهد شرح گشت  ** ز اسپ و خوارمشاه گو و سرگذشت  3450
  • The miracles (of the Prophet) will not be set forth here: tell of the horse and the Khwárizmsháh and what happened.

  • آفتاب لطف حق بر هر چه تافت  ** از سگ و از اسپ فر کهف یافت 
  • Whatsoever the sun of God's grace shines upon, whether it be dog or horse, gains (is endowed with) the glory of the Cave;

  • تاب لطفش را تو یکسان هم مدان  ** سنگ را و لعل را داد او نشان 
  • Yet deem not the radiance of His grace to be uniform: it has given a sign (distinctive character) to the pebble and the ruby.

  • لعل را زان هست گنج مقتبس  ** سنگ را گرمی و تابانی و بس 
  • From that (radiance) the ruby has a borrowed treasure, (while) the pebble has only heat and brightness.

  • آنک بر دیوار افتد آفتاب  ** آن‌چنان نبود کز آب و اضطراب 
  • (The radiance of) the sun falling on a wall is not the same as (when it is reflected) from water and quivering movement.

  • چون دمی حیران شد از وی شاه فرد  ** روی خود سوی عماد الملک کرد  3455
  • After the peerless king had been astounded by (gazing at) it (the horse) for a moment, he turned his face to the ‘Imádu ’l-Mulk,