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حمله‌ی زن در میان کارزار ** نشکند صف بلک گردد کارزار
- The charge of a woman in battle does not break the (hostile) ranks; nay, her plight becomes pitiable.
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گرچه می‌بینی چو شیر اندر صفش ** تیغ بگرفته همی‌لرزد کفش 2460
- Though you see her take the sword (and fight) like a lion amidst the ranks, (yet) her hand trembles.
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وای آنک عقل او ماده بود ** نفس زشتش نر و آماده بود
- Alas for him whose reason is female, while his wicked fleshly soul is male and ready (to gratify its lust)!
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لاجرم مغلوب باشد عقل او ** جز سوی خسران نباشد نقل او
- Of necessity, his reason is vanquished: his movement is towards naught but perdition.
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ای خنک آن کس که عقلش نر بود ** نفس زشتش ماده و مضطر بود
- Oh, blest is that one whose reason is male, while his wicked fleshly soul is female and helpless;
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عقل جزوی‌اش نر و غالب بود ** نفس انثی را خرد سالب بود
- Whose particular (individual) reason is male and dominant, (so that) his intellect deprives the female fleshly soul (of power to do mischief).
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حمله‌ی ماده به صورت هم جریست ** آفت او هم‌چو آن خر از خریست 2465
- The attack of the female, too, is bold in appearance; her defect, as (in the case of) that ass, arises from asininity.
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وصف حیوانی بود بر زن فزون ** زانک سوی رنگ و بو دارد رکون
- The animal nature prevails in woman, because she has an inclination towards colour and scent.
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رنگ و بوی سبزه‌زار آن خر شنید ** جمله حجتها ز طبع او رمید
- (When) the ass heard of the colour and scent of the meadow, all arguments (in favour of trust in God) disgusted him.
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تشنه محتاج مطر شد وابر نه ** نفس را جوع البقر بد صبر نه
- The thirsty man wanted rain, and there was no cloud; the fleshly soul was ravenously hungry, and there was no self-restraint.