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آنک نگذارد ترا کایی درون ** می‌بنگذارد مرا کایم برون
- He who will not let thee come in will not let me come out.
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آنک نگذارد کزین سو پا نهی ** او بدین سو بست پای این رهی 3070
- He who will not let thee set foot in this direction has chained the foot of this slave (so that it cannot move) in this (opposite) direction.”
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ماهیان را بحر نگذارد برون ** خاکیان را بحر نگذارد درون
- The sea does not let the fish out; the sea does not let the creatures of earth in.
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اصل ماهی آب و حیوان از گلست ** حیله و تدبیر اینجا باطلست
- Water is the original home of the fish, and the (gross) animal is of the earth: here device and contrivance are of no avail.
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قفل زفتست و گشاینده خدا ** دست در تسلیم زن واندر رضا
- Strong is the lock (of Divine destiny), and the (only) opener is God: cling to resignation and acquiescence (in God's will).
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ذره ذره گر شود مفتاحها ** این گشایش نیست جز از کبریا
- Though the atoms, one by one, should become keys, (yet) this opening is not (effected) save by the Divine Majesty.
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چون فراموشت شود تدبیر خویش ** یابی آن بخت جوان از پیر خویش 3075
- When you forget your own contrivance, you will gain that young (happy) fortune from your spiritual Guide.
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چون فراموش خودی یادت کنند ** بنده گشتی آنگه آزادت کنند
- When you are forgetful of self, you are remembered (by God): (when) you have become a slave (to Him), then you are set free.
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نومید شدن انبیا از قبول و پذیرای منکران قوله حتی اذا استیاس الرسل
- How the prophets lost hope of being accepted and approved by the unbelievers, as God hath said: “Until, when the (Divine) Messengers despaired…”
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انبیا گفتند با خاطر که چند ** می‌دهیم این را و آن را وعظ و پند
- The prophets said to their hearts (to themselves), “How long shall we continue giving exhortation and counsel to this one and that one?
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چند کوبیم آهن سردی ز غی ** در دمیدن در قفض هین تا بکی
- How long shall we misguidedly beat a piece of cold iron? Hark, till when (how long shall we continue) to breathe into a cage?”