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هین چه راحت بود زان آواز زشت ** گفت که آوازش فتاد اندر کنشت
- “Eh, what pleasure was there from such a harsh voice?” He replied, “His voice penetrated into the church.
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دختری دارم لطیف و بس سنی ** آرزو می‌بود او را مؤمنی
- I have a comely daughter of very high estate: she was desiring (to marry) a true believer.
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هیچ این سودا نمی‌رفت از سرش ** پندها می‌داد چندین کافرش 3375
- Never would this passion go out of her head, (though) so many infidels were exhorting her.
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در دل او مهر ایمان رسته بود ** هم‌چو مجمر بود این غم من چو عود
- Love of the Faith had grown up in her heart: this grief was like a censer and I like the aloes-wood (burning in it).
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در عذاب و درد و اشکنجه بدم ** که بجنبد سلسله‌ی او دم به دم
- I was in torment and anguish and continually on the rack lest her passion should lead her (to embrace Islam).
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هیچ چاره می‌ندانستم در آن ** تا فرو خواند این مذن آن اذان
- I knew no remedy for it until this muezzin chanted the adhán (call to prayer).
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گفت دختر چیست این مکروه بانگ ** که بگوشم آمد این دو چار دانگ
- (Then) my daughter said, ‘What is this detestable noise? It grates on my ear.
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من همه عمر این چنین آواز زشت ** هیچ نشنیدم درین دیر و کنشت 3380
- Never in all my life have I heard such a harsh voice in this Christian convent and church.’
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خوهرش گفتا که این بانگ اذان ** هست اعلام و شعار مومنان
- Her sister said to her, ‘This chant, namely the adhán, gives (the Moslems) notice (of prayer-time) and is the watchword of the Faithful.’
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باورش نامد بپرسید از دگر ** آن دگر هم گفت آری ای پدر
- She would not believe it, and asked some one else: that person too said, ‘Yes, (it is true), O father.’