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سبطی آن دم در سجود افتاد و گفت ** کای خدای عالم جهر و نهفت
- Thereupon the Israelite fell to worship and said, “O God who knowest the manifest and the hidden,
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جز تو پیش کی بر آرد بنده دست ** هم دعا و هم اجابت از توست
- To whom but Thee should Thy servant lift his hand? Both the prayer and the answer (to prayer) are from Thee.
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هم ز اول تو دهی میل دعا ** تو دهی آخر دعاها را جزا 3500
- Thou at first givest the desire for prayer, and Thou at last givest likewise the recompense for prayers.
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اول و آخر توی ما در میان ** هیچ هیچی که نیاید در بیان
- Thou art the First and the Last: we between are nothing, a nothing that does not come into (admit of) expression.”
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این چنین می‌گفت تا افتاد طشت ** از سر بام و دلش بیهوش گشت
- He was speaking in this wise, till he fell into ecstasy and his heart became senseless.
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باز آمد او به هوش اندر دعا ** لیس للانسان الا ما سعی
- (Whilst engaged) in prayer, he came back to his senses (and witnessed the effect of his prayer): Man shall have nothing but what he hath wrought.
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در دعا بود او که ناگه نعره‌ای ** از دل قبطی بجست و غره‌ای
- He was (still) praying when suddenly a loud cry and roar burst from the heart of the Egyptian,
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که هلا بشتاب و ایمان عرضه کن ** تا ببرم زود زنار کهن 3505
- (Who exclaimed), “Come, make haste and submit (the profession of) the Faith (for my acceptance), that I may quickly cut the old girdle (of unbelief).
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آتشی در جان من انداختند ** مر بلیسی را به جان بنواختند
- They have cast a fire into my heart, they have shown affection with (all) their soul for an Iblís (like me).
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دوستی تو و از تو ناشکفت ** حمدلله عاقبت دستم گرفت
- Praise be to God! Thy friendship and (my) not being able to do without thee have succoured me at last.