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چون سلیمان شو که تا دیوان تو ** سنگ برند از پی ایوان تو
- Become like Solomon, in order that thy demons may hew stone for thy palace.
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چون سلیمان باش بی‌وسواس و ریو ** تا ترا فرمان برد جنی و دیو 1150
- Be devoid, like Solomon, of thoughts which tempt to evil-doing and of fraud, that genie and demon may obey thy command.
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خاتم تو این دلست و هوش دار ** تا نگردد دیو را خاتم شکار
- This heart is thy seal—and take heed lest the seal fall a prey to the demon!
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پس سلیمانی کند بر تو مدام ** دیو با خاتم حذر کن والسلام
- (For) then the demon possessing the seal will always exercise the sway of Solomon over thee: beware (of him), and peace (be with thee)!
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آن سلیمانی دلا منسوخ نیست ** در سر و سرت سلیمانی کنیست
- O heart, that sway of Solomon is not abrogated : in thy head and inmost consciousness is one that exercises the sway of Solomon.
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دیو هم وقتی سلیمانی کند ** لیک هر جولاهه اطلس کی تند
- The demon too exercises the sway of Solomon for a time, but how should every weaver weave satin?
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دست جنباند چو دست او ولیک ** در میان هر دوشان فرقیست نیک 1155
- He (the weaver of common cloth) moves his hand like his (the satin-weaver’s) hand, but there is a good difference between the two of them:
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قصه‌ی شاعر و صله دادن شاه و مضاعف کردن آن وزیر بوالحسن نام
- Story of the poet and how the king gave him a reward and how the vizier, whose name was Bu ’l-Hasan, made it many times greater.
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شاعری آورد شعری پیش شاه ** بر امید خلعت و اکرام و جاه
- A poet brought a poem before the king in hope of (receiving) robes of honour and bounty and rank.
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شاه مکرم بود فرمودش هزار ** از زر سرخ و کرامات و نثار
- The king was munificent: he ordered him (to receive) a thousand (dinars) of red gold and bounties and largesse.
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پس وزیرش گفت کین اندک بود ** ده هزارش هدیه وا ده تا رود
- Then the vizier said to him, “This is (too) little: bestow (on him) a gift of ten thousand (dinars), that he may depart (satisfied).