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2450-2459

  • 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—