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تا که روزی کین بمیرد ناگهان ** پیش چشم خود نهد او شمع جان
- In order that, one day when this (bodily lamp) dies of a sudden, he may place before his eye the candle of the spirit.
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او نکرد این فهم پس داد از غرر ** شمع فانی را بفانیی دگر
- He (the king) did not understand this; therefore in his heedlessness he applied the perishing candle to another perishable.
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عروس آوردن پادشاه فرزند خود را از خوف انقطاع نسل
- How the king brought his son a bride for fear of his race coming to an end.
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پس عروسی خواست باید بهر او ** تا نماید زین تزوج نسل رو
- (The king said to himself), “It is necessary, then, to seek a bride for him, that from this marriage offspring may appear,
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گر رود سوی فنا این باز باز ** فرخ او گردد ز بعد باز باز
- (So that) if this falcon (my son) return to the state of mortality his young may become a falcon after (the death of) the falcon,
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صورت او باز گر زینجا رود ** معنی او در ولد باقی بود 3115
- (And that) if the form of this falcon go from here, his inward meaning may endure in his son.
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بهر این فرمود آن شاه نبیه ** مصطفی که الولد سر ابیه
- On account of this, that renowned (spiritual) king, Mustafá (Mohammed), said, ‘The son is the marrow of his father.’
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بهر این معنی همه خلق از شغف ** می‌بیاموزند طفلان را حرف
- For this reason all people, (being moved) by heartfelt love, teach their children (their own) trades,
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تا بماند آن معانی در جهان ** چون شود آن قالب ایشان نهان
- To the end that these inward meanings may remain in the world when that body of theirs becomes hidden.
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حق به حکمت حرصشان دادست جد ** بهر رشد هر صغیر مستعد
- God in His wisdom has given them intense desire for the right guidance of every little one capable (of learning).
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من هم از بهر دوام نسل خویش ** جفت خواهم پور خود را خوب کیش 3120
- I too, for the purpose of (ensuring) the continuance of my race, will seek for my son a wife of good principles.