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مادر و بابای ما را آن حسود ** تاج و پیرایه بچالاکی ربود
- That envious one nimbly snatched away our mother's and father's crown and ornament.
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کردشان آنجا برهنه و زار و خوار ** سالها بگریست آدم زار زار
- There he made them naked and wretched and despicable: (many) years did Adam weep bitterly,
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که ز اشک چشم او رویید نبت ** که چرا اندر جریده‌ی لاست ثبت
- So that (sweet) herbs grew from the tears of his eyes: (he wept, wondering) why he was inscribed in the scroll of lá (negation).
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تو قیاسی گیر طراریش را ** که چنان سرور کند زو ریش را 2855
- Judge thou of his (the Devil's) impudent cheatery from the fact that on account of him such a prince (as Adam) rends his beard (in sorrow).
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الحذر ای گل‌پرستان از شرش ** تیغ لا حولی زنید اندر سرش
- Beware, O clay-worshippers, of his malice: smite the sword of lá hawl on his head!
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کو همی‌بیند شما را از کمین ** که شما او را نمی‌بینید هین
- For he sees you from ambush, so that ye see him not. Take care!
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دایما صیاد ریزد دانه‌ها ** دانه پیدا باشد و پنهان دغا
- The fowler scatters grain incessantly: the grain is visible, but the deceit is hidden.
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هر کجا دانه بدیدی الحذر ** تا نبندد دام بر تو بال و پر
- Wherever you see the grain, beware, lest the trap confine your wings and pinions,
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زانک مرغی کو بترک دانه کرد ** دانه از صحرای بی تزویر خورد 2860
- Because the bird that takes leave of (relinquishes) the grain (bait), eats grain from the spacious field (of Reality) that is without imposture.
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هم بدان قانع شد و از دام جست ** هیچ دامی پر و بالش را نبست
- With that (grain) it is contented, and escapes the trap: no trap confines its wings and pinions.
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وخامت کار آن مرغ کی ترک حزم کرد از حرص و هوا
- The banefulness of the action of the bird that abandons prudence from (motives of) greed and vain desire.