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نور آن صد خانه را تو یک شمر ** که نماند نور این بی آن دگر
- Count the light of those hundred houses as one, for the light of this (house) does not remain (in existence) without (the light of) the other.
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تا بود خورشید تابان بر افق ** هست در هر خانه نور او قنق
- So long as the sun is shining on the horizon, its light is a guest in every house;
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باز چون خورشید جان آفل شود ** نور جمله خانه‌ها زایل شود 460
- Again, when the spiritual Sun sets, the light in all the houses disappears.
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این مثال نور آمد مثل نی ** مر ترا هادی عدو را ره‌زنی
- This is (only) a parable of the Light, not a (complete) similitude; for you (it is) a true guide, for the enemy (of the Light) a highwayman.
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بر مثال عنکبوت آن زشت‌خو ** پرده‌های گنده را بر بافد او
- That evil-natured person resembles the spider: he weaves stinking veils (cobwebs).
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از لعاب خویش پرده‌ی نور کرد ** دیده‌ی ادراک خود را کور کرد
- Of his own gossamer he made a veil over the Light: he made the eye of his apprehension blind.
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گردن اسپ ار بگیرد بر خورد ** ور بگیرد پاش بستاند لگد
- If one takes hold of a horse's neck, he gains advantage; and if he takes hold of its leg, he receives a kick.
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کم نشین بر اسپ توسن بی‌لگام ** عقل و دین را پیشوا کن والسلام 465
- Do not mount the restive horse without a bridle: make Reason and Religion your leader, and farewell.
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اندرین آهنگ منگر سست و پست ** کاندرین ره صبر و شق انفسست
- Do not look scornfully and contemptuously on this quest, for in this Way there is (need of) self-denial and grievous anguish to (men's) souls.
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بقیه‌ی قصه‌ی بنای مسجد اقصی
- The rest of the Story of the building of the Farther Mosque.
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چون سلیمان کرد آغاز بنا ** پاک چون کعبه همایون چون منی
- When Solomon began the building—holy like the Ka’ba, august like Miná—