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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.
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کیمیایی بود صحبتهای تو ** کم مباد از خانه‌ی دل پای تو
- My consortings with thee were (as) an elixir: may thy foot never disappear from the house of my heart!
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تو یکی شاخی بدی از نخل خلد ** چون گرفتم او مرا تا خلد برد
- Thou wert a bough of the palm-tree of Paradise: when I grasped it, it bore me to Paradise.
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سیل بود آنک تنم را در ربود ** برد سیلم تا لب دریای جود 3510
- That which carried away my body was a torrent: the torrent bore me to the brink of the Sea of Bounty.
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من به بوی آب رفتم سوی سیل ** بحر دیدم در گرفتم کیل کیل
- I went towards the torrent in hope of (obtaining) water: I beheld the Sea and took pearls, bushel on bushel.”
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طاس آوردش که اکنون آب‌گیر ** گفت رو شد آبها پیشم حقیر
- He (the Israelite) brought the cup to him, saying, “Now take the water!” “Go,” he replied; “(all) waters have become despicable in my sight.