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  • بی‌نوایان را به یک لقمه نجست ** یاد ناورد او ز حقهای نخست
  • And never ‘searched after the destitute (children, to relieve their want) with a single morsel of food, or bethought him of the former obligations (which he had received),
  • تا کنون از بهر یک گاو این لعین ** می‌زند فرزند او را در زمین 2450
  • (And so continued), till for the sake of a cow this accursed wretch is now felling his (master’s) son’ to the earth.
  • او بخود برداشت پرده از گناه ** ورنه می‌پوشید جرمش را اله
  • He, of himself, has lifted the veil from his crime; else God would have concealed his sin.”
  • کافر و فاسق درین دور گزند ** پرده خود را بخود بر می‌درند
  • In this cycle of woe the infidel and the profligate rend their veils of their own accord.
  • ظلم مستورست در اسرار جان ** می‌نهد ظالم بپیش مردمان
  • Wrong is covered (from sight) in the inmost thoughts of the soul: the wrong-doer exposes it to men,
  • که ببینیدم که دارم شاخها ** گاو دوزخ را ببینید از ملا
  • Saying, “Behold me! I have horns! Behold the cow of Hell in full view!”
  • گواهی دادن دست و پا و زبان بر سر ظالم هم در دنیا
  • How hands and feet and tongue give evidence concerning the secret of the wicked, even in this world.
  • پس همینجا دست و پایت در گزند ** بر ضمیر تو گواهی می‌دهند 2455
  • Even here, then, your hands and feet, in (doing) harm, bear witness to your conscience.
  • چون موکل می‌شود برتو ضمیر ** که بگو تو اعتقادت وا مگیر
  • Since your (evil) conscience becomes (as) an overseer to you and says, “Speak! Do not keep back your belief,”
  • خاصه در هنگام خشم و گفت و گو ** می‌کند ظاهر سرت را مو بمو
  • And, especially at times of anger and quarrelling, makes manifest your secret thought, hair by hair;
  • چون موکل می‌شود ظلم و جفا ** که هویدا کن مرا ای دست و پا
  • Since wrong and injustice become your overseer and say, “Display me, O hands and feet,”
  • چون همی‌گیرد گواه سر لگام ** خاصه وقت جوش و خشم و انتقام
  • And since the (evil conscience which bears) witness to the secret thought seizes the reins—in particular at times of emotion and anger and revenge—
  • پس همان کس کین موکل می‌کند ** تا لوای راز بر صحرا زند 2460
  • That One, then, who appoints this (conscience) as overseer, that ‘it may unfurl the banner of the secret on the field—
  • پس موکلهای دیگر روز حشر ** هم تواند آفرید از بهر نشر
  • (Surely), then, He can also create, on the Day of Judgement, other overseers for the purpose of unfolding (the secret thoughts).
  • ای بده دست آمده در ظلم و کین ** گوهرت پیداست حاجت نیست این
  • O thou who hast entered most recklessly upon (a course of) injustice and malice, thy true nature is evident: this (advertisement of it) is not needed.
  • نیست حاجت شهره گشتن در گزند ** بر ضمیر آتشینت واقف‌اند
  • It is not necessary to become celebrated for (doing) harm: they (who possess discernment) are acquainted with thy fiery (hellish) conscience.
  • نفس تو هر دم بر آرد صد شرار ** که ببینیدم منم ز اصحاب نار
  • Thy fleshly soul every moment emits a hundred sparks, saying, “Behold me! I am of the people of the Fire.
  • جزو نارم سوی کل خود روم ** من نه نورم که سوی حضرت شوم 2465
  • I am a part of the Fire: I go to my whole; I am not (composed of) light, so that I should go to the Lord”—
  • همچنان کین ظالم حق ناشناس ** بهر گاوی کرد چندین التباس
  • Even as this unjust and ungrateful man wrought so much confusion (made such a great disturbance) for the sake of a cow.
  • او ازو صد گاو برد و صد شتر ** نفس اینست ای پدر از وی ببر
  • He carried off from him (the defendant) a hundred cows and a hundred camels this (wickedness) is the fleshly soul: O father, cut yourself asunder from it.
  • نیز روزی با خدا زاری نکرد ** یا ربی نامد ازو روزی بدرد
  • Besides, never once did he make humble supplication to God: never once did a cry of “O Lord!” come from him in sorrow—
  • کای خدا خصم مرا خشنود کن ** گر منش کردم زیان تو سود کن
  • “O God, content my adversary: if I have inflicted loss upon him (yet) do Thou bestow profit (upon me)!
  • گر خطا کشتم دیت بر عاقله‌ست ** عاقله‌ی جانم تو بودی از الست 2470
  • If T killed him by mistake, the (payment of the) blood-price falls on my kin: Thou hast been my spirit’s kin from (the Day of) Alast.”
  • سنگ می‌ندهد به استغفار در ** این بود انصاف نفس ای جان حر
  • He (God) does not give (worthless) stones in return for the pearls of contrition (nay), this, O noble spirit, is the justice of the fleshly soul.
  • برون رفتن به سوی آن درخت
  • How the people went forth to that tree.
  • چون برون رفتند سوی آن درخت ** گفت دستش را سپس بندید سخت
  • When they went forth to that tree, he (David) said, “Tie his hands fast behind him,
  • تا گناه و جرم او پیدا کنم ** تا لوای عدل بر صحرا زنم
  • In order that I may bring to light his sin and crime, and may plant the banner of justice on the field.