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قالب خاکی فتاده بر زمین ** روح آن گردان بر این چرخ برین
- His body of dust (is here), fallen upon the earth; (but) his spirit (is) circling in this highest sphere (of Heaven).
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ما همه مرغابیانیم ای غلام ** بحر میداند زبان ما تمام
- We all are water-birds, O lad: the Sea fully knows our language.
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پس سلیمان بحر آمد ما چو طیر ** در سلیمان تا ابد داریم سیر 3780
- Therefore the Sea is (our) Solomon, and we are as the birds (familiar with Solomon): in Solomon we move unto everlasting.
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با سلیمان پای در دریا بنه ** تا چو داود آب سازد صد زره
- With Solomon set thy foot in the Sea, that the water, David-like, may make a hundred rings of mail (ripples).
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آن سلیمان پیش جمله حاضر است ** لیک غیرت چشم بند و ساحر است
- That Solomon is present to all, but (His) jealousy binds (our) eyes (with spells) and enchants (us),
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تا ز جهل و خوابناکی و فضول ** او به پیش ما و ما از وی ملول
- So that from folly and drowsiness (forgetfulness) and vanity— He is beside us, and (yet) we are sick of Him.
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تشنه را درد سر آرد بانگ رعد ** چون نداند کاو کشاند ابر سعد
- The noise of thunder gives the thirsty man headache, when he does not know that it (the thunder) brings on the rain-clouds of felicity.
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چشم او مانده است در جوی روان ** بیخبر از ذوق آب آسمان 3785
- His eye remains (fixed) upon the running stream, unaware of the delicious taste of the Water of Heaven.
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مرکب همت سوی اسباب راند ** از مسبب لاجرم محجوب ماند
- He has urged the steed of (his) attention towards (secondary) causes: consequently he remains debarred from the Causer.
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آن که بیند او مسبب را عیان ** کی نهد دل بر سببهای جهان
- (But) one that sees the Causer plainly—how should he set his mind upon the (secondary) causes in the world?
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حیران شدن حاجیان در کرامات آن زاهد که در بادیه تنهاش یافتند
- How the pilgrims were amazed at the miracles of the ascetic whom they found (living) alone in the desert.