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  • یک به یک را حاجبه جستن گرفت  ** تا پدید آید گهردانه‌ی شگفت 
  • The lady-in-waiting began to search them, one by one, (in the hope) that the marvellous pearl might be discovered.
  • آن نصوح از ترس شد در خلوتی  ** روی زرد و لب کبود از خشیتی 
  • Nasúh, (stricken) with fear, went into a private place: his face (was) yellow (pale) and his lips blue on account of a (great) terror (which possessed him).
  • پیش چشم خویش او می‌دید مرگ  ** رفت و می‌لرزید او مانند برگ  2255
  • He saw death before his eyes: he went (to hide himself), trembling like a leaf.
  • گفت یارب بارها برگشته‌ام  ** توبه‌ها و عهدها بشکسته‌ام 
  • He cried, “O Lord, many a time have I turned away (from evil courses) and (then) broken my vows of penitence and my promises.
  • کرده‌ام آنها که از من می‌سزید  ** تا چنین سیل سیاهی در رسید 
  • I have done the (foul) things that were fit to be done by me, so that such a black flood (of calamity) has arrived.
  • نوبت جستن اگر در من رسد  ** وه که جان من چه سختیها کشد 
  • If my turn to be searched shall come, oh, what cruel sufferings must my soul endure!
  • در جگر افتاده‌استم صد شرر  ** در مناجاتم ببین بوی جگر 
  • A hundred sparks of fire have fallen on my heart: perceive in my orisons the smell of my (burning) heart.
  • این چنین اندوه کافر را مباد  ** دامن رحمت گرفتم داد داد  2260
  • May anguish like this not be the infidel's (portion)! I clutch the skirt of (Thy) mercy. Help, help!
  • کاشکی مادر نزادی مر مرا  ** یا مرا شیری بخوردی در چرا 
  • Would that my mother had not borne me, or that a lion had devoured me in the pasture!
  • ای خدا آن کن که از تو می‌سزد  ** که ز هر سوراخ مارم می‌گزد 
  • O God, do Thou what is worthy to be done by Thee, for from every hole a snake is biting me.