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ورنه در دلشان بود آن مفتکر ** نیست معشوقی ز عاشق بی‌خبر
- Or if not, that (care for the sick) is pondered in their hearts: no beloved is unaware (forgetful) of his lover.
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ای تو جویای نوادر داستان ** هم فسانه‌ی عشق‌بازان را بخوان 1775
- O thou who desirest (to hear) a wondrous tale, read the story of them that play the game of love.
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بس بجوشیدی درین عهد مدید ** ترک‌جوشی هم نگشتی ای قدید
- Thou hast been boiling mightily during (all) this long time, (and yet), O dried meat, thou hast not even become half-cooked.
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دیده‌ای عمری تو داد و داوری ** وانگه از نادیدگان ناشی‌تری
- During a (whole) life-time thou hast seen the justice and jurisdiction (of God), and then (after all) thou art more ignorant than the blind.
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هر که شاگردیش کرد استاد شد ** تو سپس‌تر رفته‌ای ای کور لد
- Whoever serves Him as a pupil becomes a master, (but) thou hast gone backwards, O blind fool!
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خود نبود از والدینت اختبار ** هم نبودت عبرت از لیل و نهار
- Verily thou hast learned nothing from thy parents, nor hast thou taken a lesson from night and day.
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مثل
- Parable.
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عارفی پرسید از آن پیر کشیش ** که توی خواجه مسن‌تر یا که ریش 1780
- A (Súfí) gnostic asked an old Christian priest, “Sire, art thou the more advanced in age, or thy beard?”
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گفت نه من پیش ازو زاییده‌ام ** بی ز ریشی بس جهان را دیده‌ام
- He replied, “Nay; I was born before it: I have seen much of the world without a beard.”
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گفت ریشت شد سپید از حال گشت ** خوی زشت تو نگردیدست وشت
- He (the Súfí) said, “Thy beard has turned white, it has changed, (but) thy evil disposition has not become good.”
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او پس از تو زاد و از تو بگذرید ** تو چنین خشکی ز سودای ثرید
- It (thy beard) was born after thee and (yet) it has surpassed thee: thou art so dry (vain and unprofitable) because of thy passion for tharíd.