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تیغ حلمم گردن خشمم زده ست ** خشم حق بر من چو رحمت آمده ست 3800
- The sword of my forbearance hath smitten the neck of my anger; the anger of God hath come on me like mercy.
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غرق نورم گر چه سقفم شد خراب ** روضه گشتم گر چه هستم بو تراب
- I am plunged in light although my roof is ruined; I have become a garden although I am (styled) Bú Turáb (the father of dust).
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چون در آمد علتی اندر غزا ** تیغ را دیدم نهان کردن سزا
- Since a motive (other than God) entered (my heart) in the (holy) war, I deemed it right to sheathe my sword,
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تا احب لله آید نام من ** تا که ابغض لله آید کام من
- That my name may be he loves for God's sake, that my desire may be he hates for God's sake,
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تا که اعطا لله آید جود من ** تا که امسک لله آید بود من
- That my generosity may be he gives for God's sake, that my being may be he withholds for God's sake.
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بخل من لله عطا لله و بس ** جمله لله‌‌ام نیم من آن کس 3805
- My stinginess is for God's sake, my bounty is for God's sake alone: I belong entirely to God, I do not belong to any one (else);
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و آن چه لله می‌‌کنم تقلید نیست ** نیست تخییل و گمان جز دید نیست
- And that which I am doing for God's sake is not (done in) conformity, it is not fancy and opinion, it is naught but intuition.
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ز اجتهاد و از تحری رسته‌‌ام ** آستین بر دامن حق بسته‌‌ام
- I have been freed from effort and search, I have tied my sleeve to the skirt of God.
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گر همی‌‌پرم همی‌‌بینم مطار ** ور همی‌‌گردم همی‌‌بینم مدار
- If I am flying, I behold the place to which I soar; and if I am circling, I behold the axis on which I revolve;
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ور کشم باری بدانم تا کجا ** ماهم و خورشید پیشم پیشوا
- And if I am dragging a burden, I know whither: I am the moon, and the Sun is in front of me as the guide.”