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خواستم تا دین ز شه پنهان کنم ** آن که دین اوست ظاهر آن کنم 350
- I wished to hide my religion from the king and profess his religion,
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شاه بویی برد از اسرار من ** متهم شد پیش شه گفتار من
- (But) the king got a scent of my inmost beliefs, and my words were suspected (when I stood) before the king.
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گفت گفت تو چو در نان سوزن است ** از دل من تا دل تو روزن است
- He said, “Your words are like a needle in bread (specious but pernicious); there is a window between my heart and yours.
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من از آن روزن بدیدم حال تو ** حال تو دیدم ننوشم قال تو
- Through that window I have seen your (real) state: I see your state and will not heed your words.”
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گر نبودی جان عیسی چاره‌‌ام ** او جهودانه بکردی پاره‌‌ام
- Had not the spirit of Jesus been my aid, he would in Jewish fashion have torn me to pieces.
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بهر عیسی جان سپارم سر دهم ** صد هزاران منتش بر خود نهم 355
- For Jesus' sake I would yield my life and give my head and lay on myself (confess) myriads of obligations to him.
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جان دریغم نیست از عیسی و لیک ** واقفم بر علم دینش نیک نیک
- I do not grudge Jesus my life, but full well am I versed in the knowledge of his religion.
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حیف می‌‌آمد مرا کان دین پاک ** در میان جاهلان گردد هلاک
- Grief was coming over me (it seemed to me a pity) that that holy religion should perish amongst those who are ignorant (of it).
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شکر ایزد را و عیسی را که ما ** گشته‌‌ایم آن کیش حق را رهنما
- Thanks be to God and to Jesus that I have become a guide to the true faith.
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از جهود و از جهودی رسته‌‌ام ** تا به زناری میان را بسته‌‌ام
- I have escaped from Jews and Judaism so (entirely) that I have bound my waist with a (Christian) girdle.