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در کف حق بهر داد و بهر زین ** قلب مومن هست بین اصبعین
- For the sake of justice and for the sake of decorum, the true believer's heart is in the hand of God, between (His) two fingers.
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ظاهرش چوبی ولیکن پیش او ** کون یک لقمه چو بگشاید گلو 4260
- Its (the rod's) exterior (form) is a piece of wood, but (all created) existence is one mouthful to it when it opens its throat.
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تو مبین ز افسون عیسی حرف و صوت ** آن ببین کز وی گریزان گشت موت
- In the incantation of Jesus do not regard (merely) the letter and the sound: regard the fact that Death turned and fled from it.
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تو مبین ز افسونش آن لهجات پست ** آن نگر که مرده بر جست و نشست
- In his incantation do not regard the petty words: consider that the dead sprang up and sat down.
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تو مبین مر آن عصا را سهل یافت ** آن ببین که بحر خضرا را شکافت
- In (the case of) that rod, do not regard the easy getting (of it): regard the fact that it cleft the green sea.
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تو ز دوری دیده‌ای چتر سیاه ** یک قدم فا پیش نه بنگر سپاه
- You have seen from afar the black canopy: take a step forward and behold the army!
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تو ز دوری می‌نبینی جز که گرد ** اندکی پیش آ ببین در گرد مرد 4265
- From afar you see nothing but the dust: advance a little and see the man in the dust.
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دیده‌ها را گرد او روشن کند ** کوهها را مردی او بر کند
- His dust makes eyes bright; his manliness uproots mountains.
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چون بر آمد موسی از اقصای دشت ** کوه طور از مقدمش رقاص گشت
- When Moses came up from the remotest part of the desert, at his advent Mount Sinai began to dance.
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تفسیر یا جبال اوبی معه والطیر
- Commentary on (the text), O ye mountains, repeat (the praise of God) in accord with him, and the birds (likewise).
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روی داود از فرش تابان شده ** کوهها اندر پیش نالان شده
- The face of David shone with His glory: the mountains sang plaintively after him.