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گفت چون ندهی بدان سگ نان و زاد ** گفت تا این حد ندارم مهر و داد 485
- “Why don't you give (some) bread and provender to the dog?” he asked. He replied, “I have not love and liberality to this extent.
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دست ناید بی‌درم در راه نان ** لیک هست آب دو دیده رایگان
- Bread cannot be obtained (by a traveller) on the road without money, but water from the eyes costs nothing.”
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گفت خاکت بر سر ای پر باد مشک ** که لب نان پیش تو بهتر ز اشک
- He (the beggar) said, “Earth be on your head, O water-skin full of wind! for in your opinion a crust of bread is better than tears.”
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اشک خونست و به غم آبی شده ** می‌نیرزد خاک خون بیهده
- Tears are (originally) blood and have been turned by grief into water: idle tears have not the value of earth.
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کل خود را خوار کرد او چون بلیس ** پاره‌ی این کل نباشد جز خسیس
- He (the Arab) made the whole of himself despicable, like Iblís: a piece of this whole is naught but vile.
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من غلام آنک نفروشد وجود ** جز بدان سلطان با افضال و جود 490
- I am the (devoted) slave of him who will not sell his existence save to that bounteous and munificent Sovereign,
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چون بگرید آسمان گریان شود ** چون بنالد چرخ یا رب خوان شود
- (So that) when he weeps, heaven begins to weep, and when he moans (in supplication), the celestial sphere begins to cry, “O Lord!”
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من غلام آن مس همت‌پرست ** کو به غیر کیمیا نارد شکست
- I am the (devoted) slave of that high-aspiring copper which humbles itself to naught but the Elixir.
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دست اشکسته برآور در دعا ** سوی اشکسته پرد فضل خدا
- Lift up in prayer a broken hand: the loving kindness of God flies towards the broken.
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گر رهایی بایدت زین چاه تنگ ** ای برادر رو بر آذر بی‌درنگ
- If thou hast need of deliverance from this narrow dungeon (the world), O brother, go without delay (and cast thyself) on the fire.