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خواست آبی و وضو را تازه کرد ** دست و رو را شست او زان آب سرد
- He asked for water and renewed the ablution: he washed his hands and face with that cold water.
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هر دو پا شست و به موزه کرد رای ** موزه را بربود یک موزه‌ربای 3240
- He washed both his feet and gave attention to (was about to take) his boot: a boot-snatcher carried off the boot.
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دست سوی موزه برد آن خوش‌خطاب ** موزه را بربود از دستش عقاب
- That man of sweet address moved his hand towards the boot: an eagle snatched the boot from his hand,
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موزه را اندر هوا برد او چو باد ** پس نگون کرد و از آن ماری فتاد
- And bore it away into the air, (swift) as the wind; then she turned it upside down, and a serpent dropped from it.
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در فتاد از موزه یک مار سیاه ** زان عنایت شد عقابش نیکخواه
- From the boot dropped a black serpent: on account of that (Divine) care (for the Prophet) the eagle became his benevolent friend.
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پس عقاب آن موزه را آورد باز ** گفت هین بستان و رو سوی نماز
- Then the eagle brought back the boot and said, “Come, take it and go to prayers.
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از ضرورت کردم این گستاخیی ** من ز ادب دارم شکسته‌شاخیی 3245
- I did this presumptuous act from necessity: I am abashed by (my feeling of) reverence (for thee).
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وای کو گستاخ پایی می‌نهد ** بی ضرورت کش هوا فتوی دهد
- Woe to him that steps (behaves) presumptuously without necessity (and only) because vain desire authorises him!”
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پس رسولش شکر کرد و گفت ما ** این جفا دیدیم و بود این خود وفا
- Then the Prophet thanked her (the eagle) and said, “I deemed this (act of thine) rudeness, but it really was kindness.
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موزه بربودی و من درهم شدم ** تو غمم بردی و من در غم شدم
- Thou didst carry off the boot, and I was perturbed: thou took’st away my grief, and I was aggrieved.