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Mythological Era (Pishdadian)

The Beginning

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In Praise of the Prophet, His Companions, and the Household
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تو را دانش و دین رهاند درست
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درِ رستگاری ببایدت جست
“Knowledge and faith shall truly set thee free; seek thou ever the gateway to salvation.”
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وگر دل نخواهی که باشد نژند
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نخواهی که دائم بُوی مستمند
“And if thou desirest that thy heart be not sorrowful, nor that thou abide in perpetual despair,”
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به گفتارِ پیغمبرت راه جوی
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دل از تیرگی‌ها بدین آب شوی
“Seek thy path in the teachings of the Prophet; cleanse thy heart from darkness with this pure water.”
#4
چه گفت آن خداوند تنزیل و وحی
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خداوند امر و خداوند نهی
“What proclaimed that Lord of Revelation and divine inspiration—the master of commandment and prohibition?”
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که خورشید بعد از رسولانِ مِه
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نتابید بر کس ز بوبکر بِه
“That after the great Messengers, the sun shone upon none more worthy than Abu Bakr;”
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عمر کرد اسلام را آشِکار
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بیاراست گیتی چو باغِ بهار
“Umar made Islam manifest to all, adorning the world like a garden in springtime;”
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پس از هر دو آن بود عثمان گزین
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خداوند شرم و خداوند دین
“After them both came Uthman the Chosen, the master of modesty and keeper of the faith;”
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چهارم علی بود جفت بتول
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که او را به خوبی ستاید رسول
“The fourth was Ali, the spouse of Batul, whom the Messenger praised in the highest measure:”
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که من شهر علمم علیم در است
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درستْ این سخنْ قولِ پیغمبر است
“'I am the City of Knowledge and Ali is its Gate'—truly, this tradition is the word of the Prophet.”
#10
گواهی دهم کاین سخن‌ها از اوست
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تو گویی دو گوشم پُرِ آوازِ اوست
“I bear witness that these words are from him; as though both my ears are filled with his echoing voice.”
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علی را چنین گفت و دیگر همین
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کز ایشان قوی شد به هر گونه دین
“Thus he spoke of Ali and of the others, through whom the faith was fortified in every bound.”
#12
نبیّْ آفتاب و صحابان چو ماه
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به هم‌بستهٔ یک‌دگر راست راه
“The Prophet is the sun and his Companions are the moons, bound together to show the upright path.”
#13
منم بندهٔ اهل بیت نبی
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ستایندهٔ خاک پای وصی
“I am the servant of the Prophet's Household, praising the dust beneath the feet of his Successor.”
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حکیمْ این جهان را چو دریا نهاد
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برانگیخته موج از او تندباد
“The All-Wise fashioned this world like an ocean, over which a tempest churns raging waves.”
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چو هفتاد کشتی بر او ساخته
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همه بادبان‌ها بر افراخته
“Seventy ships sail upon its depth, all with sails unfurled to the winds...”
#16
یکی پهنْ کشتی به سانِ عروس
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بیاراسته همچو چشم خروس
“Among them one broad vessel shines like a bride, adorned brilliantly like the eye of a rooster,”
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محمّد بدو اندرون با علی
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همان اهل بیتِ نبیّ و ولی
“Muhammad is within it alongside Ali, together with the sacred Household of the Prophet and Guardian.”
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خردمند کز دور دریا بدید
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کرانه نه پیدا و بن ناپدید
“The wise man who surveys the sea from afar—its shore invisible and its bottom hidden—”
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بدانست کو موج خواهد زدن
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کس از غرق بیرون نخواهد شدن
“Knows full well that its waves will surge, and none shall escape drowning by their own strength.”
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به دل گفت اگر با نبی و وصی
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شوم غرقه دارم دو یار وفی
“He says in his heart: 'If I drown alongside the Prophet and the Successor, I have two faithful companions;”
#21
همانا که باشد مرا دستگیر
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خداوند تاج و لوا و سریر
“Surely he shall take my hand—the Lord of the crown, the banner, and the heavenly throne,”
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خداوندِ جویِ می و انگبین
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همان چشمهٔ شیر و ماءِ معین
“The Master of the rivers of wine and honey, and the everlasting springs of milk and pure water.'”
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اگر چشم داری به دیگر سرای
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به نزد نبی و علی گیر جای
“If thy gaze is fixed upon the eternal realm, take thy place near the Prophet and Ali.”
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گرت زین بد آید گناهِ من است
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چنین است و اینْ دین و راهِ من است
“If this displeases thee, the fault is mine; yet such is my faith and my chosen path.”
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بر این زادم و هم بر این بُگْذرم
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چنان دان که خاکِ پیِ حیدرم
“Upon this was I born and upon this shall I pass; know thou that I am as dust beneath the feet of Haidar.”
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دلت گر به راه خطا مایل است
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تو را دشمن اندر جهانْ خودْ دل است
“If thy heart leans toward the path of error, thy true enemy in this world is thy own heart.”
#27
نباشد جز از بی‌پدر دشمنش
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که یزدان به آتش بسوزد تنش
“None is his enemy save the ill-begotten, whose body God shall consume in eternal fire.”
#28
هر آنکس که در جانش بغض علی‌ست
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از او زارتر در جهان زار کیست؟
“Whosoever harbors enmity toward Ali in his soul—who in all the world is more wretched than he?”
#29
نگر تا نداری به بازی جهان
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نه برگردی از نیک‌ پی همرهان
“Beware lest thou take this world as a mere game, nor turn away from auspicious companions.”
#30
همه نیکی‌ات باید آغاز کرد
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چو با نیک‌نامان بُوی هم‌نورد
“Thou must begin all goodness when riding alongside those of noble fame.”
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از این در سخن چند رانم همی
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همانا کَرانش ندانم همی
“How long shall I speak upon this theme? Verily, its boundlessness I cannot fathom.”

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