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2438-2462

  • The other (third) piece flew at once to the neighbourhood of the Ka‘ba where ‘Arafát was (situated).
  • آن یکی شاخ دگر پرید زود  ** تا جوار کعبه که عرفات بود 

  • When I came back to myself out of that swoon, Sinai was in its place, neither greater nor less (than before);
  • باز از آن صعقه چو با خود آمدم  ** طور بر جا بد نه افزون و نه کم 

  • But under the foot of Moses it was (inwardly) melting like ice: no spur or peak of it remained. 2440
  • لیک زیر پای موسی هم‌چو یخ  ** می‌گدازید او نماندش شاخ و شخ 

  • The mountain was levelled to the earth by terror: it was turned upside down by that awful Majesty.
  • با زمین هموار شد که از نهیب  ** گشت بالایش از آن هیبت نشیب 

  • After that scattering (of my senses) I came to myself again and saw that Sinai and Moses were unchanged,
  • باز با خود آمدم زان انتشار  ** باز دیدم طور و موسی برقرار 

  • And that the desert skirting the mountain was filled from end to end with people resembling Moses in (the illumination of) their faces.
  • وآن بیابان سر به سر در ذیل کوه  ** پر خلایق شکل موسی در وجوه 

  • Their (staves and) mantles were like his staff and mantle: all (of them) were speeding joyously towards Sinai.
  • چون عصا و خرقه‌ی او خرقه‌شان  ** جمله سوی طور خوش دامن کشان 

  • All had lifted their hands in prayer and struck up together the tune of let me see (Thee). 2445
  • جمله کفها در دعا افراخته  ** نغمه‌ی ارنی به هم در ساخته 

  • Again, as soon as the trance departed from me, the form of each one seemed to me to be diverse.
  • باز آن غشیان چو از من رفت زود  ** صورت هر یک دگرگونم نمود 

  • They were the prophets endowed with love (of God): (thus) the (spiritual) unity of the prophets was (clearly) apprehended by me.
  • انبیا بودند ایشان اهل ود  ** اتحاد انبیاام فهم شد 

  • Again, I beheld some mighty angels: their outward form was (composed) of bodies of snow;
  • باز املاکی همی دیدم شگرف  ** صورت ایشان بد از اجرام برف 

  • And (I saw) another circle of angels asking help (of God): their outward form was wholly of fire.”
  • حلقه‌ی دیگر ملایک مستعین  ** صورت ایشان به جمله آتشین 

  • On this wise did the Jew tell (his dream): there is many a Jew whose end was praiseworthy. 2450
  • زین نسق می‌گفت آن شخص جهود  ** بس جهودی که آخرش محمود بود 

  • Do not regard any infidel with contempt, for there may be hope of his dying a Moslem.
  • هیچ کافر را به خواری منگرید  ** که مسلمان مردنش باشد امید 

  • What knowledge have you of the close of his life that you should once (and for all) avert your face from him?
  • چه خبر داری ز ختم عمر او  ** تا بگردانی ازو یک‌باره رو 

  • Afterwards the Christian began to speak, saying, “The Messiah appeared to me in my dream.
  • بعد از ان ترسا در آمد در کلام  ** که مسیحم رو نمود اندر منام 

  • I went with him to the Fourth Heaven, (which is) the centre and abode of the sun of this world.
  • من شدم با او به چارم آسمان  ** مرکز و مثوای خورشید جهان 

  • Verily, the marvels of the citadels of Heaven have no relation (cannot be compared) to the wonders of the (lower) world. 2455
  • خود عجب‌های قلاع آسمان  ** نسبتش نبود به آیات جهان 

  • Every one knows, O pride of the sons (of Adam), that the artifice of the celestial sphere exceeds (that of) the earth.”
  • هر کسی دانند ای فخر البنین  ** که فزون باشد فن چرخ از زمین 

  • Story of the camel and the ox and the ram who found a bunch of grass on the road, and each said, “I will eat it.”
  • حکایت اشتر و گاو و قج که در راه بند گیاه یافتند هر یکی می‌گفت من خورم 

  • Whilst a camel, ox, and ram were going along, they found a bunch of grass in front of (them on) the road.
  • اشتر و گاو و قجی در پیش راه  ** یافتند اندر روش بندی گیاه 

  • The ram said, “If we divide this, certainly none of us will get his fill of it;
  • گفت قج بخش ار کنیم این را یقین  ** هیچ کس از ما نگردد سیر ازین 

  • But whichever of us has lived longest has the best right to this fodder: let him eat;
  • لیک عمر هرکه باشد بیشتر  ** این علف اوراست اولی گو بخور 

  • For (the injunction) to give the foremost place to the seniors has come from Mustafá (Mohammed) among the practices observed by him, 2460
  • که اکابر را مقدم داشتن  ** آمدست از مصطفی اندر سنن 

  • Although, at this time when vile men hold sway, the vulgar put forward the elders on two occasions (only),
  • گرچه پیران را درین دور لام  ** در دو موضع پیش می‌دارند عام 

  • Either in (tasting) food that is burning hot, or on a bridge that is (damaged) by cracks (and) in a state of ruin.
  • یا در آن لوتی که آن سوزان بود  ** یا بر آن پل کز خلل ویران بود