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3826-3835

  • Oh, there is many a trusty martyred soul that has died (to self) in this world, (though) it is going about like the living.
  • ای بسا نفس شهید معتمد  ** مرده در دنیا چو زنده می‌رود 
  • The brigand (animal) spirit has died, though the body, which is its sword, survives: it (the sword) is (still) in the hand of that eager warrior.
  • روح ره‌زن مرد و تن که تیغ اوست  ** هست باقی در کف آن غزوجوست 
  • The sword is that (same) sword, the man is not that (same) man; but this appearance (of identity) is a cause of bewilderment to you.
  • تیغ آن تیغست مرد آن مرد نیست  ** لیک این صورت ترا حیران کنیست 
  • When the soul is transformed, this sword, namely, the body, remains in the hand of (is wielded by) the action of the Beneficent (God).
  • نفس چون مبدل شود این تیغ تن  ** باشد اندر دست صنع ذوالمنن 
  • The one (whose fleshly soul is dead) is a man whose food is entirely (Divine) love; the other is a man hollow as dust. 3830
  • آن یکی مردیست قوتش جمله درد  ** این دگر مردی میان‌تی هم‌چو گرد 
  • How an informer described a girl and exhibited the picture of her on paper, and how the Caliph of Egypt fell in love with it and sent an Amír with a mighty army to the gates of Mawsil (Mosul) and made great slaughter and devastation for the purpose (of obtaining the girl).
  • صفت کردن مرد غماز و نمودن صورت کنیزک مصور در کاغذ و عاشق شدن خلیفه‌ی مصر بر آن صورت و فرستادن خلیفه امیری را با سپاه گران بدر موصل و قتل و ویرانی بسیار کردن بهر این غرض 
  • An informer said to the Caliph of Egypt, “The King of Mawsil is wedded to a houri.
  • مر خلیفه‌ی مصر را غماز گفت  ** که شه موصل به حوری گشت جفت 
  • He holds in his arms a girl like whom there is no (other) beauty in the world.
  • یک کنیزک دارد او اندر کنار  ** که به عالم نیست مانندش نگار 
  • She does not admit of description, for her loveliness is beyond (all) limits: here is her portrait on paper.”
  • در بیان ناید که حسنش بی‌حدست  ** نقش او اینست که اندر کاغذست 
  • When the Emperor saw the portrait on the paper, he became distraught and the cup dropped from his hand.
  • نقش در کاغذ چو دید آن کیقباد  ** خیره گشت و جام از دستش فتاد 
  • Immediately he despatched to Mawsil a captain with a very mighty army, 3835
  • پهلوانی را فرستاد آن زمان  ** سوی موصل با سپاه بس گران