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آن جهود و مومن و ترسا مگر ** همرهی کردند با هم در سفر
- As it happened, a Jew and a true believer and a Christian travelled together on a journey.
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با دو گمره همره آمد مومنی ** چون خرد با نفس و با آهرمنی
- A true believer travelled along with two miscreants, like reason (associated) with a carnal soul and Devil.
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مرغزی و رازی افتند از سفر ** همره و هم‌سفره پیش هم‌دگر
- In travel the man of Merv and the man of Rayy meet one another as companions on the road and at table.
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در قفص افتند زاغ و جغد و باز ** جفت شد در حبس پاک و بی‌نماز 2380
- Crow and owl and falcon come (as captives) into the (same) cage: the holy and the irreligious become mates in prison.
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کرده منزل شب به یک کاروانسرا ** اهل شرق و اهل غرب و ما ورا
- At night Easterners and Westerners and Transoxanians make their abode in the same caravanseray.
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مانده در کاروانسرا خرد و شگرف ** روزها با هم ز سرما و ز برف
- Small and great (folk) remain together for days in the caravanseray because of frost and snow.
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چون گشاده شد ره و بگشاد بند ** بسکلند و هر یکی جایی روند
- As soon as the road is opened and the obstacle removed, they separate and every one goes in a (different) direction.
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چون قفس را بشکند شاه خرد ** جمع مرغان هر یکی سویی پرد
- When sovereign Reason breaks the cage, all the birds fly away, each one to a (different) quarter.
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پر گشاید پیش ازین بر شوق و یاد ** در هوای جنس خود سوی معاد 2385
- Before this (deliverance) each one, full of longing and lament, spreads its wings towards its destination, in desire for its mate.
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پر گشاید هر دمی با اشک و آه ** لیک پریدن ندارد روی و راه
- At every moment it spreads its wings with tears and sighs, but it has no room or way to fly.