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دایم اندر آب کار ماهی است ** مار را با او کجا همراهی است 3595
- The business of the fish is always in the water: how has a snake the power of accompanying it (the fish) on its way?
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لیک در که مارهای پر فناند ** اندرین یم ماهییها میکنند
- But in the mountain are artful snakes (who) perform the actions of fish in this Sea.
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مکرشان گر خلق را شیدا کند ** هم ز دریا تاسهشان رسوا کند
- Though their cunning make the people mad, still their aversion to the Sea exposes them (as hypocrites);
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واندرین یم ماهیان پر فناند ** مار را از سحر ماهی میکنند
- And in this Sea are artful fish, (who) by magic turn snakes into fishes—
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ماهیان قعر دریای جلال ** بحرشان آموخته سحر حلال
- The fish of the deepest depth of the Sea of (Divine) Majesty: the Sea has taught them lawful magic;
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بس محال از تاب ایشان حال شد ** نحس آنجا رفت و نیکوفال شد 3600
- Therefore through their illumination the (thing that was) absurd became a fact: the ill-starred one went thither and became auspicious.
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تا قیامت گر بگویم زین کلام ** صد قیامت بگذرد وین ناتمام
- Though I should speak on this topic till the Resurrection, a hundred Resurrections would pass, and this (discourse would still be) incomplete.
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آداب المستمعین والمریدین عند فیض الحکمة من لسان الشیخ
- The rules to be observed by listeners and disciples at the emanation of wisdom from the tongue of the Shaykh.
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بر ملولان این مکرر کردنست ** نزد من عمر مکرر بردنست
- To the weary this is (only) repetition, (but) in my eyes it is the bringing of repeated life.
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شمع از برق مکرر بر شود ** خاک از تاب مکرر زر شود
- The candle goes upward (burns higher) from repeated flashes (of flame); earth becomes gold in consequence of repeated heat.
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گر هزاران طالباند و یک ملول ** از رسالت باز میماند رسول
- If there are thousands of (eager) seekers (of knowledge) and a single weary (disgusted) one, the Messenger will refrain from delivering his message.