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برد بیند خویش را در عین مات ** پس بگوید اقتلونی یا ثقات
- He sees victory for himself in the very essence of checkmate; therefore he says, “Kill me, O trusty ones!”
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این عوان در حق غیری سود شد ** لیک اندر حق خود مردود شد 110
- This policeman became a (source of) profit in respect of another, but he became reprobate in respect of himself.
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رحم ایمانی ازو ببریده شد ** کین شیطانی برو پیچیده شد
- The mercy appertaining to the Faith was cut off from him; the hate inherent in the Devil enfolded him.
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کارگاه خشم گشت و کین‌وری ** کینه دان اصل ضلال و کافری
- He became a factory of anger and hatred: know that hate is the root of error and infidelity.
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سال کردن از عیسی علیه‌السلام کی در وجود از همه‌ی صعبها صعب‌تر چیست
- How they asked Jesus, on whom be peace, saying, "O Spirit of God, what is the hardest thing to bear of all the hard things in existence?"
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گفت عیسی را یکی هشیار سر ** چیست در هستی ز جمله صعب‌تر
- A sober-minded man said to Jesus, “What is the hardest to bear of all things in existence?”
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گفتش ای جان صعب‌تر خشم خدا ** که از آن دوزخ همی لرزد چو ما
- He replied, “O (my dear) soul, the hardest is God's anger, on account of which Hell is trembling as we (are).”
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گفت ازین خشم خدا چه بود امان ** گفت ترک خشم خویش اندر زمان 115
- He said, “What is the security against this anger of God?” Jesus said, “To abandon thine own anger at once.”
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پس عوان که معدن این خشم گشت ** خشم زشتش از سبع هم در گذشت
- Therefore, as the policeman became this anger's mine (source), his ugly anger surpassed even (that of) a wild beast.
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چه امیدستش به رحمت جز مگر ** باز گردد زان صفت آن بی‌هنر
- What hope is there for him of (Divine) mercy, unless perchance that graceless man should turn back from that (vile) quality?
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گرچه عالم را ازیشان چاره نیست ** این سخن اندر ضلال افکندنیست
- Although the world cannot do without them, this statement is a (means of) casting (those who hear it) into error.