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1651-1660

  • رفت عزرائیل سرهنگ قضا  ** سوی کره‌ی خاک بهر اقتضا 
  • Azrael, the captain of the (Divine) Decree, went off towards the terrestrial globe for the purpose of requisition.
  • خاک بر قانون نفیر آغاز کرد  ** داد سوگندش بسی سوگند خورد 
  • The Earth, according to rule, began lamenting loudly: she adjured him, she swore many an oath,
  • کای غلام خاص و ای حمال عرش  ** ای مطاع الامر اندر عرش و فرش 
  • Crying, “O favourite youth (page-of-honour), O bearer of the Throne, O thou whose command is obeyed in heaven and earth,
  • رو به حق رحمت رحمن فرد  ** رو به حق آنک با تو لطف کرد 
  • Depart, for the sake of the mercy of the Merciful (God)! Depart, for the sake of Him who hath shown kindness unto thee!
  • حق شاهی که جز او معبود نیست  ** پیش او زاری کس مردود نیست  1655
  • (Depart), for the sake of that King who alone is worshipped and with whom no one's lamentation is rejected!”
  • گفت نتوانم بدین افسون که من  ** رو بتابم ز آمر سر و علن 
  • He replied, “These conjurations cannot move me to avert my face from (disobey) the Giver of (all) commands secret or manifest.”
  • گفت آخر امر فرمود او به حلم  ** هر دو امرند آن بگیر از راه علم 
  • She said, “After all, He hath commanded forbearance: both (severity and forbearance) are commanded: take (choose) the latter on the ground of knowledge.”
  • گفت آن تاویل باشد یا قیاس  ** در صریح امر کم جو التباس 
  • He replied, “That would be an interpretation or an inference: do not seek to confuse the plain meaning of the command.
  • فکر خود را گر کنی تاویل به  ** که کنی تاویل این نامشتبه 
  • If thou interpret (alter) thine own thought (so as to make it agree with the command), ’tis better than that thou shouldst interpret (pervert) this unequivocal (command).
  • دل همی‌سوزد مرا بر لابه‌ات  ** سینه‌ام پر خون شد از شورابه‌ات  1660
  • My heart is burning (melting) at thy supplication, my bosom is filled with blood on account of thy salty tears.