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هر درونی که خیالاندیش شد ** چون دلیل آری خیالش بیش شد 2715
- Every mind that has conceived fancies (suspicions)—when you bring forward proof, its fancy is increased.
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چون سخن دروی رود علت شود ** تیغ غازی دزد را آلت شود
- When (sound and true) words enter it, they become a disease (they are corrupted and falsified): the holy warrior's sword becomes a tool for the thief.
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پس جواب او سکوت است و سکون ** هست با ابله سخن گفتن جنون
- Therefore the answer to him is silence and rest: to talk with a fool is madness.
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تو ز من با حق چه نالی ای سلیم ** تو بنال از شر آن نفس لئیم
- Why do you complain to God of me, O simpleton? Complain of the wickedness of that vile fleshly soul.
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تو خوری حلوا تو را دنبل شود ** تب بگیرد طبع تو مختل شود
- You eat halwá (sweetmeat), (then) boils break out in you, fever lays hold of you, your health is disordered.
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بیگنه لعنت کنی ابلیس را ** چون نبینی از خود آن تلبیس را 2720
- You curse Iblís, guiltless (though he is). How do you not see (that) that deception (proceeds) from yourself?
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نیست از ابلیس از تست ای غوی ** که چو روبه سوی دنبه میدوی
- It is not (the fault) of Iblís, it is (the fault) of yourself, O misguided one, that you are going like a fox towards the sheep's fat tail.
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چون که در سبزه ببینی دنبه را ** دام باشد این ندانی تو چرا
- When you see the fat tails in the green field, ’tis a snare. Why are you ignorant of this?
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ز آن ندانی کت ز دانش دور کرد ** میل دنبه چشم و عقلت کور کرد
- You are ignorant because desire for the fat tail has made you far from knowledge and has blinded your (spiritual) eye and intelligence.
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حبک الأشیاء یعمیک یصم ** نفسک السودا جنت لا تختصم
- Your love of (sensual) things makes you blind and deaf; your black fleshly soul is the culprit: do not quarrel (with others).