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گفت زن ای خواجه عیبی نیستت ** وهم و ظن لاش بی معنیستت 1570
- His wife said, “O sir, there is nothing wrong with thee: ’tis (only) thy vain unreal imagination and opinion.”
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گفتش ای غر تو هنوزی در لجاج ** می‌نبینی این تغیر و ارتجاج
- He said to her, “O strumpet, are you still obstinately disputing (with me)? Don't you see this change (in my appearance) and (this) tremor?
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گر تو کور و کر شدی ما را چه جرم ** ما درین رنجیم و در اندوه و گرم
- If you have become blind and deaf, what fault of mine is it? I am in this (state of) pain and grief and woe.”
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گفت ای خواجه بیارم آینه ** تا بدانی که ندارم من گنه
- She said, “O sir, I will bring the mirror, in order that thou mayst know that I am innocent.”
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گفت رو مه تو رهی مه آینت ** دایما در بغض و کینی و عنت
- “Begone,” said he; “may neither you nor your mirror be saved! You are always (engaged) in hatred and malice and sin.
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جامه‌ی خواب مرا زو گستران ** تا بخسپم که سر من شد گران 1575
- Lay my bed at once, that I may lie down, for my head is sore.”
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زن توقف کرد مردش بانگ زد ** کای عدو زوتر ترا این می‌سزد
- The wife lingered; the man shouted at her, saying, “O hateful one, (be) quicker! This (behaviour) is worthy of you.”
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در جامه‌ی خواب افتادن استاد و نالیدن او از وهم رنجوری
- How the master went to bed and moaned, imagining himself to be ill.
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جامه خواب آورد و گسترد آن عجوز ** گفت امکان نه و باطن پر ز سوز
- The old woman brought the bed-clothes and spread them. She said, “There is no possibility (of speaking), and my heart is filled with burning (grief).
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گر بگویم متهم دارد مرا ** ور نگویم جد شود این ماجرا
- If I speak, he will hold me suspect; and if I say nothing, this affair will become serious.”
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فال بد رنجور گرداند همی ** آدمی را که نبودستش غمی
- A man who has not suffered any pain is made ill by a bad omen.