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خاک بی‌بادی به بالا بر جهد ** کشتی بی‌بحر پا در ره نهد
- Does the dust leap upward without a wind? Does a ship voyage without the sea?
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پیش آب زندگانی کس نمرد ** پیش آبت آب حیوانست درد
- None (ever) died in the presence of the Water of Life: compared with thy water the Water of Life is (mere) dregs.
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آب حیوان قبله‌ی جان دوستان ** ز آب باشد سبز و خندان بوستان
- The Water of Life is the goal of those to whom life is dear: by water the garden is (made) verdant and smiling.
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مرگ آشامان ز عشقش زنده‌اند ** دل ز جان و آب جان بر کنده‌اند 4220
- (But) those who quaff the cup of death are living through His love: they have torn their hearts away from life and the Water of Life.
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آب عشق تو چو ما را دست داد ** آب حیوان شد به پیش ما کساد
- When the water of Thy love gave us its hand (was gained by us), the Water of Life became worthless in our sight.
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ز آب حیوان هست هر جان را نوی ** لیک آب آب حیوانی توی
- Every soul derives freshness from the Water of Life, but Thou art the Water (Source) of the Water of Life.
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هر دمی مرگی و حشری دادیم ** تا بدیدم دست برد آن کرم
- Thou didst bestow on me a (spiritual) death and a resurrection continually, that I might experience the conquering power of that bounty (of Thine).
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هم‌چو خفتن گشت این مردن مرا ** ز اعتماد بعث کردن ای خدا
- This (bodily) dying became (as unformidable) to me as sleeping, from my confidence that Thou, O God, wouldst raise me from the dead.
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هفت دریا هر دم ار گردد سراب ** گوش گیری آوریش ای آب آب 4225
- If the Seven Seas become a mirage at every moment, Thou wilt take it (the water) by the ear and bring it (back), O Water (Source) of the water.
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عقل لرزان از اجل وان عشق شوخ ** سنگ کی ترسد ز باران چون کلوخ
- Reason is trembling with fear of death, but Love is bold: how should the stone be afraid of rain as the clod (is)?