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تا که جزوست او نداند راه بحر ** هر غدیری را کند ز اشباه بحر 1810
- So long as he is (only) a part, he does not know the way to the Sea: he makes out every pool to be like unto the Sea.
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چون نداند راه یم کی ره برد ** سوی دریا خلق را چون آورد
- Inasmuch as he does not know the way to the Sea, how should he act as a guide? How should he lead the people towards the Sea?
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متصل گردد به بحر آنگاه او ** ره برد تا بحر همچون سیل و جو
- (When) he becomes united with the Sea, then he guides to the Sea, like a torrent or river.
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ور کند دعوت به تقلیدی بود ** نه از عیان و وحی تاییدی بود
- And if (before this) he call (the people to God), it is in a conventional fashion; it is not from vision and the revelation of any (Divine) aid.
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گفت پس چون رحم داری بر همه ** همچو چوپانی به گرد این رمه
- She (the Shaykh's wife) said, “Then, since thou hast pity on all, and art like the shepherd (going watchfully) around this flock,
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چون نداری نوحه بر فرزند خویش ** چونک فصاد اجلشان زد بنیش 1815
- How mournest thou not for thine own sons, when Death, the Bleeder, has pierced them with his lancet?
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چون گواه رحم اشک دیده‌هاست ** دیده‌ی تو بی نم و گریه چراست
- Since the evidence of pity is tears in the eyes, why are thine eyes without moisture and tearless?”
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رو به زن کرد و بگفتش ای عجوز ** خود نباشد فصل دی همچون تموز
- He turned towards his wife and said to her, “Old woman, verily the season of December is not like Tamúz (July).
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جمله گر مردند ایشان گر حی‌اند ** غایب و پنهان ز چشم دل کی‌اند
- Whether they all are dead or living, when are they absent and hid from the eye of the heart?
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من چو بینمشان معین پیش خویش ** از چه رو رو را کنم همچون تو ریش
- Inasmuch as I see them distinct before me, for what reason should I rend my face as thou doest?