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فکر غم گر راه شادی می‌زند ** کارسازیهای شادی می‌کند
- If the thought of sorrow is waylaying (spoiling) joy, (yet) it is making preparations for joy.
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خانه می‌روبد به تندی او ز غیر ** تا در آید شادی نو ز اصل خیر
- It violently sweeps thy house clear of (all) else, in order that new joy from the source of good may enter in.
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می‌فشاند برگ زرد از شاخ دل ** تا بروید برگ سبز متصل 3680
- It scatters the yellow leaves from the bough of the heart, in order that incessant green leaves may grow.
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می‌کند بیخ سرور کهنه را ** تا خرامد ذوق نو از ما ورا
- It uproots the old joy, in order that new delight may march in from the Beyond.
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غم کند بیخ کژ پوسیده را ** تا نماید بیخ رو پوشیده را
- Sorrow pulls up the crooked rotten (root), in order that it may disclose the root that is veiled from sight.
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غم ز دل هر چه بریزد یا برد ** در عوض حقا که بهتر آورد
- Whatsoever (things) sorrow may cause to be shed from the heart or may take away (from it), assuredly it will bring better in exchange,
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خاصه آن را که یقینش باشد این ** که بود غم بنده‌ی اهل یقین
- Especially for him who knows with certainty (intuitively) that sorrow is the servant of the possessors of (intuitive) certainty.
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گر ترش‌رویی نیارد ابر و برق ** رز بسوزد از تبسمهای شرق 3685
- Unless the clouds and the lightning show a frowning aspect, the vines will be burnt by the smiles of the sun.
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سعد و نحس اندر دلت مهمان شود ** چون ستاره خانه خانه می‌رود
- Good and ill fortune become guests in thy heart: like the star (planet), they go from house to house.
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آن زمان که او مقیم برج تست ** باش هم‌چون طالعش شیرین و چست
- At the time when it (the auspicious or inauspicious star) is residing in thy mansion, adapt thyself to it and be agreeable, like its ascendant,