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خانه بر کن کز عقیق این یمن ** صد هزاران خانه شاید ساختن 2540
- Demolish the house, for a hundred thousand houses may be made from the cornelian of this Yemen.
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گنج زیر خانه است و چاره نیست ** از خرابی خانه مندیش و مه‌ایست
- The treasure lies beneath the house, and there is no help (for it): do not be afraid of destroying the house and do not stand still,
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که هزاران خانه از یک نقد گنج ** توان عمارت کرد بی‌تکلیف و رنج
- For from one treasure in hand it is possible to build a thousand houses without suffering toil and pain.
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عاقبت این خانه خود ویران شود ** گنج از زیرش یقین عریان شود
- In the end this house will fall of itself into ruin and the treasure beneath it will certainly be uncovered;
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لیک آن تو نباشد زانک روح ** مزد ویران کردنستش آن فتوح
- But it (the treasure) will not be thine, since the spirit receives that (Divine) gift as wages for destroying (the house).
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چون نکرد آن کار مزدش هست لا ** لییس للانسان الا ما سعی 2545
- When it has not done that work, its wages are naught: there is nothing for Man (hereafter) but (the recompense for) that which he wrought (here).
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دست خایی بعد از آن تو کای دریغ ** این چنین ماهی بد اندر زیر میغ
- After that, thou wilt gnaw thy hand (in remorse), saying, “Alas, a moon like this was (concealed) under the cloud.
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من نکردم آنچ گفتند از بهی ** گنج رفت و خانه و دستم تهی
- I did not do the good which they told (me to do): the treasure and the house are gone, and my hand is empty.”
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خانه‌ی اجرت گرفتی و کری ** نیست ملک تو به بیعی یا شری
- Thou hast rented and hired a house: it is not thy property by any act of sale or purchase.
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این کری را مدت او تا اجل ** تا درین مدت کنی در وی عمل
- The period of this hiring is till death, in order that thou mayst work in it (the house) during this period.