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2844-2853

  • Wherever an army is routed, it is because of two or three effeminate weaklings.
  • هر کجا لشکر شکسته می‏شود ** او دو سه سست مخنث می‏بود

  • He (the poltroon) comes armed into the battle-line, like a man: they (the soldiers) put their trust in him, saying, “Here's the Comrade of the Cave.” 2845
  • در صف آید با سلاح او مردوار ** دل بر او بنهند کاینک یار غار

  • He turns his face (in flight) when he sees wounds: his going breaks your back.
  • رو بگرداند چو بیند زخمها ** رفتن او بشکند پشت ترا

  • This (topic) is long and is expanding, and that which is aimed at is becoming hidden (from sight).
  • این دراز است و فراوان می‏شود ** و آن چه مقصود است پنهان می‏شود

  • How the Hypocrites cajoled the Prophet—God bless and save him!—that they might take him to the Mosque of Opposition.
  • فریفتن منافقان پیغامبر را تا به مسجد ضرارش برند

  • They chanted spells over (spoke deceitful words to) the Messenger of God: they were driving (hard) the steed of cunning and craft.
  • بر رسول حق فسون‏ها خواندند ** رخش دستان و حیل می‏راندند

  • The kind and compassionate Messenger proffered (in reply) nothing but smiles, nothing but “Yes.”
  • آن رسول مهربان رحم کیش ** جز تبسم جز بلی ناورد پیش‏

  • He expressed (his) thanks to that company (deputation): he gladdened the envoys in (by) assent. 2850
  • شکرهای آن جماعت یاد کرد ** در اجابت قاصدان را شاد کرد

  • Their deceit was apparent to him, point by point, in the same way as hairs in milk.
  • می‏نمود آن مکر ایشان پیش او ** یک به یک ز آن سان که اندر شیر مو

  • That courteous one feigned not to see the hairs: that polite one said “Bravo!” to the milk.
  • موی را نادیده می‏کرد آن لطیف ** شیر را شاباش می‏گفت آن ظریف‏

  • Myriad hairs of deceit and fraud (he beheld), and at that time he closed his eyes to it all.
  • صد هزاران موی مکر و دمدمه ** چشم خوابانید آن دم ز ان همه‏