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یک زمانی هر کسی آورد رو ** سوی ورد خویش از حق فضل‌جو
- For a while each one applied himself to his devotions, seeking favour from God.
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مومن و ترسا جهود و گبر و مغ ** جمله را رو سوی آن سلطان الغ
- True believer and Christian, Jew and Guebre and Magian— the faces of them all are (turned) towards that mighty Sultan.
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بلک سنگ و خاک و کوه و آب را ** هست واگشت نهانی با خدا 2420
- Nay, stone and earth and mountain and water have their invisible recourse to God.
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این سخن پایان ندارد هر سه یار ** رو به هم کردند آن دم یاروار
- This topic is infinite. At that time the three companions looked on one another friendlily,
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آن یکی گفتا که هر یک خواب خویش ** آنچ دید او دوش گو آور به پیش
- And one (of them) said, “Let each (of us) relate what he dreamed last night.
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هرکه خوابش بهتر این را او خورد ** قسم هر مفضول را افضل برد
- Let him who had the best dream eat this (sweetmeat): let the most excellent carry off the share of every one that is excelled (by him).”
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آنک اندر عقل بالاتر رود ** خوردن او خوردن جمله بود
- He who mounts highest in (the scale of) reason—his eating is (equivalent to) the eating of all (his inferiors).
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فوق آمد جان پر انوار او ** باقیان را بس بود تیمار او 2425
- His luminous spirit is supreme: ’tis enough for the rest of them to tend (cherish) him.
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عاقلان را چون بقا آمد ابد ** پس به معنی این جهان باقی بود
- Since those endowed with (perfect) reason endure for ever, in reality this world is enduring for ever.
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پس جهود آورد آنچ دیده بود ** تا کجا شب روح او گردیده بود
- Then the Jew related his dream (and told them) whither his spirit had wandered during the night.