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تا شعار دین شود بسیار و پر ** ز انکه با یاران شود خوش کار مر 2835
- So that the rites of the Religion may be multiplied and abound; because a bitter plight is sweetened (by being shared) with friends.
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ساعتی آن جایگه تشریف ده ** تزکیهی ما کن ز ما تعریف ده
- Honour that place (by thy presence) for a short while: declare us to be sincere, and give a good account of us.
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مسجد و اصحاب مسجد را نواز ** تو مهی ما شب دمی با ما بساز
- Show favour to the mosque and its founders. Thou art the moon, we are the night: comply with us for a moment,
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تا شود شب از جمالت همچو روز ** ای جمالت آفتاب جان فروز
- In order that by thy beauty night may be made like day, O thou whose beauty is a soul-illumining sun.”
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ای دریغا کان سخن از دل بدی ** تا مراد آن نفر حاصل شدی
- Alas! would that those words had been from the heart, so that the desire of those folk might have been accomplished!
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لطف کاید بیدل و جان در زبان ** همچو سبزهی تون بود ای دوستان 2840
- Courtesy that comes to the tongue without (sincerity of) heart and soul is like herbs on the ash-heap, O friends.
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هم ز دورش بنگر و اندر گذر ** خوردن و بو را نشاید ای پسر
- Look at them from afar and pass on: they are not fit for eating or smelling, O son.
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سوی لطف بیوفایان هین مرو ** کان پل ویران بود نیکو شنو
- Beware, do not go (incline) towards the courtesy of the faithless, for it is a ruined bridge: heed well (my warning).
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گر قدم را جاهلی بر وی زند ** بشکند پل و آن قدم را بشکند
- If a fool set foot on it, the bridge will break, and will shatter that foot of his.
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هر کجا لشکر شکسته میشود ** او دو سه سست مخنث میبود
- Wherever an army is routed, it is because of two or three effeminate weaklings.