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عقل دیگر بخشش یزدان بود ** چشمه‌ی آن در میان جان بود
- The other intelligence is the gift of God: its fountain is in the midst of the soul.
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چون ز سینه آب دانش جوش کرد ** نه شود گنده نه دیرینه نه زرد 1965
- When the water of (God-given) knowledge gushes from the breast, it does not become fetid or old or yellow (impure);
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ور ره نبعش بود بسته چه غم ** کو همی‌جوشد ز خانه دم به دم
- And if its way of issue (to outside) be stopped, what harm? for it gushes continually from the house (of the heart).
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عقل تحصیلی مثال جویها ** کان رود در خانه‌ای از کویها
- The acquired intelligence is like the conduits which run into a house from the streets:
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راه آبش بسته شد شد بی‌نوا ** از درون خویشتن جو چشمه را
- (If) its (the house’s) water-way is blocked, it is without any supply (of water) Seek the fountain from within yourself!
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قصه‌ی آنک کسی به کسی مشورت می‌کرد گفتش مشورت با دیگری کن کی من عدوی توم
- Story that some one was consulting another, who said, "Consult some one else, for I am your enemy."
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مشورت می‌کرد شخصی با کسی ** کز تردد وا ردهد وز محبسی
- A certain person was consulting some one, that he might be delivered from perplexity and from a quandary.
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گفت ای خوش‌نام غیر من بجو ** ماجرای مشورت با او بگو 1970
- “O man of good name,” he replied, “seek another, not me, and explain to him the matter for consultation.
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من عدوم مر ترا با من مپیچ ** نبود از رای عدو پیروز هیچ
- I am an enemy to you: do not attach yourself to me; one is never successful (never wins success) from the counsel of an enemy.
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رو کسی جو که ترا او هست دوست ** دوست بهر دوست لاشک خیرجوست
- Go, seek one who is a friend to you: undoubtedly a friend seeks (what is) good for his friend.
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من عدوم چاره نبود کز منی ** کژ روم با تو نمایم دشمنی
- I am an enemy: it is inevitable that from egoism I should go crookedly (play false) and show enmity towards you.