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1090-1114

  • I will fight till the decision of God comes to pass: He (alone) separates every adversary from an adversary.” 1090
  • می‌زنم تا در رسد حکم خدا ** او کند هر خصم از خصمی جدا

  • The reply of Pharaoh to Moses, and the coming of a Divine revelation to Moses, on whom be peace.
  • جواب فرعون موسی را و وحی آمدن موسی را علیه‌السلام

  • He (Pharaoh) said, “Nay, nay, thou must appoint a certain respite: do not give cajoleries, do not talk vain things.”
  • گفت نه نه مهلتم باید نهاد ** عشوه‌ها کم ده تو کم پیمای باد

  • At once the high God made a revelation to him, saying, “Give him an ample respite: be not afraid of that.
  • حق تعالی وحی کردش در زمان ** مهلتش ده متسع مهراس از آن

  • Willingly give him these forty days, that he may bethink him of divers plots.
  • این چهل روزش بده مهلت بطوع ** تا سگالد مکرها او نوع نوع

  • Let him endeavour, for I am not asleep; bid him advance quickly, (for) I have barred the way in front (of him).
  • تا بکوشد او که نی من خفته‌ام ** تیز رو گو پیش ره بگرفته‌ام

  • I will confound all their devices, and I will reduce to little that which they increase. 1095
  • حیله‌هاشان را همه برهم زنم ** و آنچ افزایند من بر کم زنم

  • Let them fetch water, and I will make (it) fire; let them get honey and sweets and I will make (it) bitter.
  • آب را آرند من آتش کنم ** نوش و خوش گیرند و من ناخوش کنم

  • Let them join in a bond of love, and I will destroy it; I will do that which they conceive not.
  • مهر پیوندند و من ویران کنم ** آنک اندر وهم نارند آن کنم

  • Have thou no fear, and give him a lengthy respite; bid him bring together his host and prepare a hundred devices.”
  • تو مترس و مهلتش ده دم‌دراز ** گو سپه گرد آر و صد حیلت بساز

  • How Moses, on whom be peace, gave Pharaoh a respite, that he might assemble the magicians from the cities.
  • مهلت دادن موسی علیه‌السلام فرعون را تا ساحران را جمع کند از مداین

  • He (Moses) said, “The (Divine) command hath come. Go, the respite is (granted) to thee. I depart to my dwelling-place: thou art delivered from me.”
  • گفت امر آمد برو مهلت ترا ** من بجای خود شدم رستی ز ما

  • He was going (on his way), and at his heels (went) the dragon wise and loving, like the hunter's dog. 1100
  • او همی‌شد و اژدها اندر عقب ** چون سگ صیاد دانا و محب

  • Like the hunter's dog, wagging its tail: it made the stones (crumble as) sand beneath its hoof.
  • چون سگ صیاد جنبان کرده دم ** سنگ را می‌کرد ریگ او زیر سم

  • With its breath it drew in stone and iron (to its jaws) and visibly chewed the iron into small fragments.
  • سنگ و آهن را بدم در می‌کشید ** خرد می‌خایید آهن را پدید

  • In the air it was making itself (rise) above the zodiac, so that Greeks and Georgians would flee from it in panic.
  • در هوا می‌کرد خود بالای برج ** که هزیمت می‌شد از وی روم و گرج

  • From its palate it cast out foam, like a camel: whomsoever a drop hit, he was smitten with tubercular leprosy.
  • کفک می‌انداخت چون اشتر ز کام ** قطره‌ای بر هر که زد می‌شد جذام

  • The gnashing of its teeth would break the heart; the souls of black lions would be distraught (with terror). 1105
  • ژغژغ دندان او دل می‌شکست ** جان شیران سیه می‌شد ز دست

  • When that chosen one (Moses) reached his kinsfolk, he took hold of the corner of its mouth, and it became again a staff.
  • چون به قوم خود رسید آن مجتبی ** شدق او بگرفت باز او شد عصا

  • He leaned upon it, saying, “O wonder! to me (’tis clear as) the sun, to my enemy (’tis dark as) night.
  • تکیه بر وی کرد و می‌گفت ای عجب ** پیش ما خورشید و پیش خصم شب

  • O wonder! How doth this host not see a whole world filled with the morning sun?
  • ای عجب چون می‌نبیند این سپاه ** عالمی پر آفتاب چاشتگاه

  • Eyes open, and ears open, and this sun! I am amazed at God's eye-bandaging.
  • چشم باز و گوش باز و این ذکا ** خیره‌ام در چشم‌بندی خدا

  • I am amazed at them, and they too at me: (we are) from one springtime, (but) they are thorns and I am jasmine. 1110
  • من ازیشان خیره ایشان هم ز من ** از بهاری خار ایشان من سمن

  • I bore to them many a cup of pure wine: its juice turned to stone before this company.
  • پیششان بردم بسی جام رحیق ** سنگ شد آبش به پیش این فریق

  • I twined a handful of roses and carried it to them: every rose became as a thorn, and the honey turned to poison.
  • دسته گل بستم و بردم به پیش ** هر گلی چون خار گشت و نوش نیش

  • That (pure wine) is the portion allotted to the selfless: since they are with themselves (not freed from self), how should it be shown (to them)?
  • آن نصیب جان بی‌خویشان بود ** چونک با خویش‌اند پیدا کی شود

  • With us, one must needs be a waking sleeper, that in the state of wakefulness he may dream dreams.”
  • خفته‌ی بیدار باید پیش ما ** تا به بیداری ببیند خوابها