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1802-1826

  • One (party) fresh and green, saying, “We are the devout”; and the other drooping their heads like the violet,
  • آن یکی سرسبز نحن المتقون  ** وآن دگر هم‌چون بنفشه سرنگون 

  • Their eyes starting out (of the sockets) from (dread of) the danger, and streaming like ten fountains from fear of the appointed end;
  • چشمها بیرون جهید از خطر  ** گشته ده چشمه ز بیم مستقر 

  • Their eyes remaining in (fearful) expectation, lest the scroll (of their deeds) come (to them) from the left side;
  • باز مانده دیده‌ها در انتظار  ** تا که نامه ناید از سوی یسار 

  • Their eyes rolling to right and left, because the fortune of the scroll (that comes) from the right (side) is not easy (to win). 1805
  • چشم گردان سوی راست و سوی چپ  ** زانک نبود بخت نامه‌ی راست زپ 

  • (Then) there comes into the hand of (such) a servant (of God) a scroll headed with black and cram-full of crime and wickedness;
  • نامه‌ای آید به دست بنده‌ای  ** سر سیه از جرم و فسق آگنده‌ای 

  • Containing not a single good deed or act of saving grace— nothing but wounds inflicted on the hearts of the saintly;
  • اندرو یک خیر و یک توفیق نه  ** جز که آزار دل صدیق نه 

  • Filled from top to bottom with foulness and sin, with mockery and jeering at the followers of the Way,
  • پر ز سر تا پای زشتی و گناه  ** تسخر و خنبک زدن بر اهل راه 

  • (With all) his rascalities and thieveries and Pharaoh-like expressions of self-glorification.
  • آن دغل‌کاری و دزدیهای او  ** و آن چو فرعونان انا و انای او 

  • When that odious man reads his scroll, he knows that he is (virtually) on the road to prison. 1810
  • چون بخواند نامه‌ی خود آن ثقیل  ** داند او که سوی زندان شد رحیل 

  • Then he sets out, like robbers going to the gallows; his crime manifest, and the way (possibility) of excusing himself barred.
  • پس روان گردد چو دزدان سوی دار  ** جرم پیدا بسته راه اعتذار 

  • The thousands of bad pleas and (false) speeches (made during his life) have become like an evil nail (seal) on his mouth.
  • آن هزاران حجت و گفتار بد  ** بر دهانش گشته چون مسمار بد 

  • The stolen property has been discovered on his person and in his house: his (plausible) story has vanished.
  • رخت دزدی بر تن و در خانه‌اش  ** گشته پیدا گم شده افسانه‌اش 

  • He sets out, therefore, to the prison of Hell; for thorns have no means of escape from (being burnt in) the fire.
  • پس روان گردد به زندان سعیر  ** که نباشد خار را ز آتش گزیر 

  • The angels that (formerly) were hidden, (whilst they walked) as custodians before and behind (him), have (now) become visible like policemen. 1815
  • چون موکل آن ملایک پیش و پس  ** بوده پنهان گشته پیدا چون عسس 

  • They take him along, prodding him with the goad and saying, “Begone, O dog, to thy own kennels!”
  • می‌برندش می‌سپوزندش به نیش  ** که برو ای سگ به کهدانهای خویش 

  • He drags his feet (lingers) on every road, that perchance he may escape from the pit (of Hell).
  • می‌کشد پا بر سر هر راه او  ** تا بود که بر جهد زان چاه او 

  • He stands expectantly, keeping silence and turning his face backward in a (fervent) hope,
  • منتظر می‌ایستد تن می‌زند  ** در امیدی روی وا پس می‌کند 

  • Pouring tears like autumn rain. A mere hope—what has he except that?
  • اشک می‌بارد چون باران خزان  ** خشک اومیدی چه دارد او جز آن 

  • (So) at every moment he is looking back and turning his face to the Holy Court (on high). 1820
  • هر زمانی روی وا پس می‌کند  ** رو به درگاه مقدس می‌کند 

  • Then from God in the realm of light comes the command— “Say ye to him, ‘O ne’er-do-well destitute (of merit),
  • پس ز حق امر آید از اقلیم نور  ** که بگوییدش کای بطال عور 

  • What art thou expecting, O mine of mischief? Why art thou looking back, O giddy-headed man?
  • انتظار چیستی ای کان شر  ** رو چه وا پس می‌کنی ای خیره‌سر 

  • Thy scroll (record) is that which came into thy hand, O offender against God and worshipper of the Devil.
  • نامه‌ات آنست کت آمد به دست  ** ای خدا آزار و ای شیطان‌پرست 

  • Since thou hast seen the scroll of thy deeds, why dost thou look back? Behold the reward of thy works!
  • چون بدیدی نامه‌ی کردار خویش  ** چه نگری پس بین جزای کار خویش 

  • Why art thou tarrying in vain? Where is hope of light in such a (deep) pit as this? 1825
  • بیهده چه مول مولی می‌زنی  ** در چنین چه کو امید روشنی 

  • Neither outwardly hast thou any act of piety (to thy credit), nor inwardly and in thy heart an intention (to perform one);
  • نه ترا از روی ظاهر طاعتی  ** نه ترا در سر و باطن نیتی