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نه ز غفلت بود ماندن نه خری ** بلک بود از اضطرار و بی‌خری
- Their remaining (there) was not from heedlessness or asininity; nay, it was from necessity and want of an ass.
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با لیمان بسته نیکان ز اضطرار ** شیر مرداری خورد از جوع زار 610
- From necessity, the good are (often) bound to the vile: from sore hunger the lion will eat a putrid carcase.
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او همی‌دیدش همی‌کردش سلام ** که فلانم من مرا اینست نام
- He (the townsman) would see him (the countryman) and salute him, saying, “I am so-and-so, this is my name.”
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گفت باشد من چه دانم تو کیی ** یا پلیدی یا قرین پاکیی
- “Maybe,” he said; “how should I know who thou art, whether thou art a dirty fellow or an honest gentleman?”
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گفت این دم با قیامت شد شبیه ** تا برادر شد یفر من اخیه
- “This moment,” said he, “resembles the Resurrection, since a brother has come to flee from his brother.”
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شرح می‌کردش که من آنم که تو ** لوتها خوردی ز خوان من دوتو
- He would explain to him (the countryman), saying, “I am he from whose table thou didst eat viands manifold.
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آن فلان روزت خریدم آن متاع ** کل سر جاوز الاثنین شاع 615
- On such and such a day I bought that merchandise for thee: every secret that goes beyond the two (who share it) is published (to all).
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سر مهر ما شنیدستند خلق ** شرم دارد رو چو نعمت خورد حلق
- The people heard the secret of our affection; (as a rule) when the gullet has received bounty, the face hath (signs of) bashfulness.”
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او همی‌گفتش چه گویی ترهات ** نه ترا دانم نه نام تو نه جات
- He (the countryman) would say to him, “Why dost thou talk nonsense? I know neither thee nor thy name nor thy dwelling-place.”
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پنجمین شب ابر و بارانی گرفت ** کاسمان از بارشش دارد شگفت
- On the fifth night there began such a (storm of) cloud and rain that the sky might (well) be astonished at its raining.