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  • مغز نمرود از تو آمد ریخته ** ای هزاران فتنه‏ها انگیخته‏
  • Through you was the brain of Nimrod crumbled, O you that have raised thousands of turmoils!
  • عقل فرعون ذکی فیلسوف ** کور گشت از تو نیابید او وقوف‏ 2665
  • Through you the intelligence of Pharaoh, the acute and sage, became blinded, (so that) he found no understanding.
  • بو لهب هم از تو نااهلی شده ** بو الحکم هم از تو بو جهلی شده‏
  • Through you also Bú Lahab became an unworthy one; through you also Bu ’l- Hakam became a Bú Jahl.
  • ای بر این شطرنج بهر یاد را ** مات کرده صد هزار استاد را
  • O you that on this chessboard, for the sake of remembrance, have checkmated hundreds of thousands of masters,
  • ای ز فرزین بندهای مشکلت ** سوخته دلها سیه گشته دلت‏
  • O you by whose difficult attacking moves (our) hearts have been burned and your (own) heart has been blackened,
  • بحر مکری تو خلایق قطره‏ای ** تو چو کوهی وین سلیمان ذره‏ای‏
  • You are the sea of cunning, (and all) the creatures (are but) a drop: you are like a mountain and (we) simple ones (are but) a mote.
  • کی رهد از مکر تو ای مختصم ** غرق طوفانیم الا من عصم‏ 2670
  • Who shall escape from your cunning, O adversary? We are drowned in the flood, except them that are protected (by God).
  • بس ستاره‏ی سعد از تو محترق ** بس سپاه و جمع از تو مفترق‏
  • By you many a fortunate star has been burned: by you many an army and host have been scattered.”
  • باز جواب گفتن ابلیس معاویه را
  • How Iblís again replied to Mu‘áwiya.
  • گفت ابلیسش گشای این عقد را ** من محکم قلب را و نقد را
  • Iblís said to him, “Unravel these knot (and apprehend the matter): I am the touchstone for the false coin and the true.
  • امتحان شیر و کلبم کرد حق ** امتحان نقد و قلبم کرد حق‏
  • God hath made me the test of lion and cur, God hath made me the test of genuine coin and counterfeit.