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گند مخفی کان به دلها میرسید ** گشت اندر حشر محسوس و پدید 1415
- The hidden stench that was reaching (only) to (people's) hearts will become sensible and manifest at the Resurrection.
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بیشهای آمد وجود آدمی ** بر حذر شو زین وجود ار ز آن دمی
- The being of Man is a jungle: be on your guard against this being, if you are of that (Divine) Breath.
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در وجود ما هزاران گرگ و خوک ** صالح و ناصالح و خوب و خشوک
- In our being there are thousands of wolves and hogs; (there is) goodly and ungodly and fair and foul.
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حکم آن خور است کان غالبتر است ** چون که زر بیش از مس آید آن زر است
- To the disposition that is preponderant belongs the decision (as to what you are): when the gold is more than the copper, it (the mixture) is gold.
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سیرتی کان بر وجودت غالب است ** هم بر آن تصویر حشرت واجب است
- The manner of acting that preponderates in your nature—in that same form you must needs rise (from the dead).
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ساعتی گرگی در آید در بشر ** ساعتی یوسف رخی همچون قمر 1420
- At one hour a wolf enters into Man, at another hour a moon-like beauty with the face of Joseph.
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میرود از سینهها در سینهها ** از ره پنهان صلاح و کینهها
- Good and hateful qualities pass from bosoms into bosoms by a hidden way;
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بلکه خود از آدمی در گاو و خر ** میرود دانایی و علم و هنر
- Nay, indeed, wisdom and knowledge and excellence pass from Man into the ox and the ass.
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اسب سکسک میشود رهوار و رام ** خرس بازی میکند بر هم سلام
- The stumbling (restive) horse becomes smooth-paced and docile; the bear dances, the goat also salaams.
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رفت اندر سگ ز آدمیان هوس ** تا شبان شد یا شکاری یا حرس
- Volition has passed from human beings into the dog, so that he has become a shepherd or a hunter or a guardian (of the house).