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این همه گفت و به گوشش در نرفت ** بد گمانی مرد را سدی است زفت
- He said all this, and it entered not his ear: suspicion is a thick barrier to a man.
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دست او بگرفت و دست از وی کشید ** گفت رفتم چون نهای یار رشید 2025
- He took his hand, and he (the man with the bear) withdrew his hand from him. The other said, “I will go, since you are not a well-guided friend.”
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گفت رو بر من تو غم خواره مباش ** بو الفضولا معرفت کمتر تراش
- “Go,” cried he; “be not troubled for me; don't carve (retail) so much wisdom, O meddlesome one!”
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باز گفتش من عدوی تو نیام ** لطف باشد گر بیایی در پیام
- He answered him, (saying), “I am not your enemy: it would be a kindness if you would come after me.”
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گفت خوابستم مرا بگذار و رو ** گفت آخر یار را منقاد شو
- “I am sleepy,” said he; “let me alone, go!” He replied, “Pray, give in to your friend,
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تا بخسبی در پناه عاقلی ** در جوار دوستی صاحب دلی
- So that you may sleep under the safeguard of a sage, under the protection of one loved (by God), a man of heart (spiritual insight).”
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در خیال افتاد مرد از جد او ** خشمگین شد زود گردانید رو 2030
- The man was thrown by his (the other's) earnestness into a (groundless) fancy: he became angry and quickly averted his face,
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کاین مگر قصد من آمد خونی است ** یا طمع دارد گدا و تونی است
- Thinking, “Mayhap this man has come to attack me—he is a murderer; or he has hope (of gain)—he is a beggar and a tout;
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یا گرو بسته ست با یاران بدین ** که بترساند مرا زین هم نشین
- Or he has wagered with his friends that he will make me afraid of this companion.”
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خود نیامد هیچ از خبث سرش ** یک گمان نیک اندر خاطرش
- From the wickedness of his heart, not (even) one good surmise came into his thoughts at all.