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1412-1421

  • He sought him, that he might be as a slave to him: inevitably the seeker is a finder.
  • جست او را تاش چون بنده بود ** لا جرم جوینده یابنده بود

  • An Arab woman of the desert saw that he was a stranger-guest. “Look,” said she, “there is ‘Umar under that palm.
  • دید اعرابی زنی او را دخیل ** گفت عمر نک به زیر آن نخیل‌‌

  • There he is under the palm-tree, apart from the people: behold the Shadow of God asleep in the shade!”
  • زیر خرما بن ز خلقان او جدا ** زیر سایه خفته بین سایه‌‌ی خدا

  • How the ambassador of Rum found the Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar, may God be well-pleased with him, sleeping under the tree.
  • یافتن رسول روم عمر را خفته در زیر درخت‌‌

  • He came thither and stood afar off; he saw 'Umar and fell a-trembling. 1415
  • آمد او آن جا و از دور ایستاد ** مر عمر را دید و در لرز اوفتاد

  • An awe came upon the ambassador from that slumbering man, a sweet ecstasy lodged in his soul.
  • هیبتی ز آن خفته آمد بر رسول ** حالتی خوش کرد بر جانش نزول‌‌

  • Love and awe are contrary to each other: he saw these two contraries united in his heart.
  • مهر و هیبت هست ضد همدگر ** این دو ضد را دید جمع اندر جگر

  • He said to himself: “I have seen (many) kings, I have been great (in esteem) and chosen (for honour) in the presence of sultans:
  • گفت با خود من شهان را دیده‌‌ام ** پیش سلطانان مه و بگزیده‌‌ام‌‌

  • I had no awe or dread of kings, (but) awe of this man has robbed me of my wits.
  • از شهانم هیبت و ترسی نبود ** هیبت این مرد هوشم را ربود

  • I have gone into a jungle of lions and leopards, and my face did not change colour because of them; 1420
  • رفته‌‌ام در بیشه‌‌ی شیر و پلنگ ** روی من ز یشان نگردانید رنگ‌‌

  • Often where the ranks are arrayed on the field of battle have I become (fierce) as a lion at the time when the affair is grievous (desperate);
  • بس شده‌‌ستم در مصاف و کارزار ** همچو شیر آن دم که باشد کار زار