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1345-1354

  • نه که عاشق روز و شب گوید سخن ** گاه با اطلال و گاهی با دمن 1345
  • Is it not the case that the lover, day and night, converses now with the ruins (of the beloved's abode), now with the traces (of her habitation)?
  • روی با اطلال کرده ظاهرا ** او کرا می‌گوید آن مدحت کرا
  • To outward seeming, he has turned his face towards the ruins, (but) to whom is he (really) saying that song of praise, to whom?
  • شکر طوفان را کنون بگماشتی ** واسطه‌ی اطلال را بر داشتی
  • Thanks (be to Thee)! Now Thou hast let loose the Flood and removed the ruins which stood between (me and Thee).
  • زانک اطلال لیم و بد بدند ** نه ندایی نه صدایی می‌زدند
  • (I thank Thee) because they were vile and evil ruins, uttering neither a cry nor an echo.
  • من چنان اطلال خواهم در خطاب ** کز صدا چون کوه واگوید جواب
  • I desire such ruins to speak with as answer back, like the mountain, by an echo,
  • تا مثنا بشنوم من نام تو ** عاشقم برنام جان آرام تو 1350
  • So that I may hear Thy name redoubled, (for) I am in love with Thy soul-soothing name.
  • هرنبی زان دوست دارد کوه را ** تا مثنا بشنود نام ترا
  • That is why every prophet holds the mountains dear: (’tis) that he may hear Thy name redoubled.
  • آن که پست مثال سنگ لاخ ** موش را شاید نه ما را در مناخ
  • That low mountain, resembling stony ground, is suitable for a mouse, not for us, as a resting-place.
  • من بگویم او نگردد یار من ** بی صدا ماند دم گفتار من
  • (When) I speak, it does not join with me: the breath of my speech remains without (any) echo.
  • با زمین آن به که هموارش کنی ** نیست همدم با قدم یارش کنی
  • ’Tis better that thou level it with the earth; it is not in accord with thy breath (voice): thou shouldst join it with thy foot.”