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همچو مریم گوی پیش از فوت ملک ** نقش را کالعوذ بالرحمن منک 3700
- Before the slipping away of your possessions, say to the form (of created things), like Mary, “(I take) refuge from thee with the Merciful (God).”
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دید مریم صورتی بس جان‌فزا ** جان‌فزایی دلربایی در خلا
- Mary in her chamber saw a form that gave increase of life— a life-increasing, heart-ravishing one.
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پیش او بر رست از روی زمین ** چون مه وخورشید آن روح الامین
- That trusted Spirit rose up before her from the face of the earth, like the moon and the sun.
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از زمین بر رست خوبی بی‌نقاب ** آنچنان کز شرق روید آفتاب
- Beauty unveiled rose up from the earth (in) such (splendour) as the sun rises from the East.
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لرزه بر اعضای مریم اوفتاد ** کو برهنه بود و ترسید از فساد
- A trembling came over Mary's limbs, for she was undressed and was afraid of evil.
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صورتی که یوسف ار دیدی عیان ** دست از حیرت بریدی چو زنان 3705
- (’Twas) such a form that if Joseph had beheld it plainly, he would have cut his hand in amazement, like the (Egyptian) women.
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همچو گل پیشش برویید آن ز گل ** چون خیالی که بر آرد سر ز دل
- It blossomed from the earth like a rose before her—like a phantasy which lifts its head from the heart.
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گشت بی‌خود مریم و در بی‌خودی ** گفت بجهم در پناه ایزدی
- Mary became selfless (beside herself), and in her selflessness she said, “I will leap into the Divine protection,”
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زانک عادت کرده بود آن پاک‌جیب ** در هزیمت رخت بردن سوی غیب
- Because that pure-bosomed one had made a habit of betaking herself in flight to the Unseen.
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چون جهان را دید ملکی بی‌قرار ** حازمانه ساخت زان حضرت حصار
- Since she deemed the world a kingdom without permanence, she prudently made a fortress of that (Divine) Presence,