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او همی‌‌گوید بکش پیشین مرا ** تا نیاید از من این منکر خطا
- He (my friend) says, ‘Kill me first, in order that this hateful crime may not proceed from me.’
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من همی‌‌گویم چو مرگ من ز تست ** با قضا من چون توانم حیله جست
- I say, ‘Since my death is (to come) from thee, how can I seek to evade the destiny (of God)?’
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او همی‌‌افتد به پیشم کای کریم ** مر مرا کن از برای حق دو نیم
- He falls before me, saying, ‘O generous man, for God's sake cleave me in twain,
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تا نیاید بر من این انجام بد ** تا نسوزد جان من بر جان خود 3850
- That this evil end may not come upon me, and that my soul may not burn (with grief) for (thee who art) its (very) life.’
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من همی‌‌گویم برو جف القلم ** ز آن قلم بس سر نگون گردد علم
- I say, ‘Go: the Pen (of Divine ordainment) is dry; by that Pen many a (lofty) landmark is overthrown.
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هیچ بغضی نیست در جانم ز تو ** ز آن که این را من نمی‌‌دانم ز تو
- There is no hatred of thee in my soul, because I do not regard this (act) as (proceeding) from thee.
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آلت حقی تو فاعل دست حق ** چون زنم بر آلت حق طعن و دق
- Thou art God's instrument, God's hand is the (real) agent: how should I assail and oppose God's instrument?’”
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گفت او پس آن قصاص از بهر چیست ** گفت هم از حق و آن سر خفی است
- He (the knight) said, “For what reason, then, is retaliation (sanctioned)?” “’Tis from God, too,” said ‘Alí, “and that is a hidden mystery.
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گر کند بر فعل خود او اعتراض ** ز اعتراض خود برویاند ریاض 3855
- If He takes offence at His own act, (yet) He causes gardens (of good) to grow from that taking offence.
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اعتراض او را رسد بر فعل خود ** ز آن که در قهر است و در لطف او احد
- It beseems Him to take offence at His own act, inasmuch as in vengeance and mercy He is One.