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آنچنان که سوز و درد زخم کیک ** محو گردد چون در آید مار الیک
- ’Tis just as the smart and pain of the flea's bite disappears when the snake comes in to you (and bites you).
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آنچنان که عور اندر آب جست ** تا در آب از زخم زنبوران برست 435
- ’Tis just as the naked man jumped into the water, that in the water he might escape from the sting of the hornets:
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می‌کند زنبور بر بالا طواف ** چون بر آرد سر ندارندش معاف
- The hornets circle above (him), and when he puts out his head they do not spare him.
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آب ذکر حق و زنبور این زمان ** هست یاد آن فلانه وان فلان
- The water is recollection (dhikr) of God, and the hornet is the remembrance, during this time, of such-and-such a woman or such-and-such a man.
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دم بخور در آب ذکر و صبر کن ** تا رهی از فکر و وسواس کهن
- Swallow (hold) your breath in the water of recollection and show fortitude, that you may be freed from the old thought and temptation.
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بعد از آن تو طبع آن آب صفا ** خود بگیری جملگی سر تا به پا
- After that, you yourself will assume the nature of that pure water entirely from head to foot.
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آنچنان که از آب آن زنبور شر ** می‌گریزد از تو هم گیرد حذر 440
- As the noxious hornet flees from the water, so will it be afraid of (approaching) you.
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بعد از آن خواهی تو دور از آب باش ** که بسر هم‌طبع آبی خواجه‌تاش
- After that, be far from the water, if you wish; for in your inmost soul you are of the same nature as the water, O fellow-servant.
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بس کسانی کز جهان بگذشته‌اند ** لا نیند و در صفات آغشته‌اند
- Those persons, then, who have passed from the world are not naught (nonexistent), but they are steeped in the (Divine) Attributes.
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در صفات حق صفات جمله‌شان ** هم‌چو اختر پیش آن خور بی‌نشان
- All their attributes are (absorbed) in the Attributes of God, even as the star is (left) without trace in the presence of the sun.