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دفتر سوم - بخش ۲۱ - آمن بودن بلعم باعور کی امتحانها کرد حضرت او را و از آنها روی سپید آمده بود / Book Three – Section 21 – On the Safety of Balaam Son of Beor, Who Had Been Tested by the Divine Presence and Had Come Out of Those Tests White-Faced

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بلعم باعور و ابلیس لعینز امتحان آخرین گشته مهین
Balaam son of Beor and the accursed Iblis
were brought low by the final trial.
او بدعوی میل دولت می کندمعده اش نفرین سبلت می کند
He, with his claims, inclines toward fortune,
while his stomach curses his mustache.
کانچ پنهان می کند پیداش کنسوخت ما را ای خدا رسواش کن
"Make manifest what he conceals;
he has burned us — O God, expose him!"
جمله اجزای تنش خصم ویندکز بهاری لافد ایشان در دیند
All the members of his body are his enemies,
for he boasts of spring while they are in want.
لاف وا داد کرمها می کندشاخ رحمت را ز بن بر می کند
He makes empty claims of generosity
and uproots the branch of mercy from its root.
راستی پیش آر یا خاموش کنوانگهان رحمت ببین و نوش کن
Bring forth truthfulness, or be silent,
and then behold mercy and drink it in.
آن شکم خصم سبال او شدهدست پنهان در دعا اندر زده
That belly had become the enemy of his mustache
and secretly raised its hand in prayer:
کای خدا رسوا کن این لاف لئامتا بجنبد سوی ما رحم کرام
"O God, expose this vile boasting,
that the mercy of the noble may stir toward us."
مستجاب آمد دعای آن شکمشورش حاجت بزد بیرون علم
The prayer of that belly was answered;
the clamor of need raised its banner outward.
گفت حق گر فاسقی و اهل صنمچون مرا خوانی اجابتها کنم
The Truth said: "Though you be a libertine and an idolater,
when you call upon Me, I grant you answers.
تو دعا را سخت گیر و می شخولعاقبت برهاندت از دست غول
Hold fast to prayer and keep crying out —
in the end it will deliver you from the demon's grip."
چون شکم خود را به حضرت در سپردگربه آمد پوست آن دنبه ببرد
When he had surrendered his belly to the Divine Presence,
a cat came and carried off the fat-tail.
از پس گربه دویدند او گریختکودک از ترس عتابش رنگ ریخت
They chased after the cat; it fled,
and the child, fearing reproof, went pale.
آمد اندر انجمن آن طفل خردآب روی مرد لافی را ببرد
That little child came into the gathering
and stripped the honor from the boastful man.
گفت آن دنبه که هر صبحی بدانچرب می کردی لبان و سبلتان
He said: "That fat tail with which every morning
you greased your lips and mustache —
گربه آمد ناگهانش در ربودبس دویدیم و نکرد آن جهد سود
a cat came and snatched it suddenly;
we ran and ran, but the effort was of no use."
خنده آمد حاضران را از شگفترحمهاشان باز جنبیدن گرفت
Laughter overtook those present out of amazement,
and their mercies began to stir once more.
دعوتش کردند و سیرش داشتندتخم رحمت در زمینش کاشتند
They invited him and fed him to satiety
and sowed the seed of mercy in his soil.
او چو ذوق راستی دید از کرامبی تکبر راستی را شد غلام
When he tasted truthfulness from the noble ones,
without pride he became the slave of truthfulness.

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