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اندر آن صحرا که آن اشتر شتافت ** اشتر خود نیز آن دیگر بیافت
- In the desert whither that camel had hastened, the other one (the imitator) also found his own camel.
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چون بدیدش یاد آورد آن خویش ** بیطمع شد ز اشتر آن یار و خویش 2995
- As soon as he saw it, he remembered his own, and ceased to covet the camel of that friend and kinsman.
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آن مقلد شد محقق چون بدید ** اشتر خود را که آن جا میچرید
- That imitator became a true searcher when he saw his camel browsing there.
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او طلب کار شتر آن لحظه گشت ** مینجستش تا ندید او را به دشت
- (Only) at that moment did he become a seeker of the camel: he was never (truly) seeking it till he saw it in the desert.
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بعد از آن تنها روی آغاز کرد ** چشم سوی ناقهی خود باز کرد
- After that, he began to go alone: he opened his eyes (and went) towards his own camel.
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گفت آن صادق مرا بگذاشتی ** تا به اکنون پاس من میداشتی
- The sincere one said, “You have left me, (although) till now you were paying regard to me.”
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گفت تا اکنون فسوسی بودهام ** وز طمع در چاپلوسی بودهام 3000
- He replied, “Hitherto I have been an idle scoffer and, from cupidity, have been (engaged) in flattering (thee);
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این زمان هم درد تو گشتم که من ** در طلب از تو جدا گشتم به تن
- (But) now, when corporeally I have become parted from thee in the search, I have become sympathetic with thee (in spirit).
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از تو میدزدیدمی وصف شتر ** جان من دید آن خود شد چشم پر
- I was stealing the camel's description from thee; (but when) my spirit saw its own camel, it had its eye filled (with seeing).
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تا نیابیدم نبودم طالبش ** مس کنون مغلوب شد زر غالبش
- Till I found it, I was not seeking it; now the copper is overcome, the gold overpowers it.