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گفت سیروا می‌طلب اندر جهان ** بخت و روزی را همی‌کن امتحان
- He hath said, “Travel”: always be seeking in the world and trying your fortune and (destined) lot.
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در مجالس می‌طلب اندر عقول ** آن چنان عقلی که بود اندر رسول
- In (all) assembly-places always be seeking amidst the intellects such an intellect as is (found) in the Prophet,
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زانک میراث از رسول آنست و بس ** که ببیند غیبها از پیش و پس
- For the only heritage from the Prophet is that (intellect) which perceives the unseen things before and behind (future and past).
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در بصرها می‌طلب هم آن بصر ** که نتابد شرح آن این مختصر
- Amidst the (inward) eyes, too, always be seeking that (inward) eye which this epitome has not the power to describe.
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بهر این کردست منع آن با شکوه ** از ترهب وز شدن خلوت به کوه 2620
- Hence the majestic (Prophet) has forbidden monkery and going to live as a hermit in the mountains,
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تا نگردد فوت این نوع التقا ** کان نظر بختست و اکسیر بقا
- In order that this kind of meeting (with saints) should not be lost; for to be looked on by them is fortune and an elixir of immortality.
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در میان صالحان یک اصلحیست ** بر سر توقیعش از سلطان صحیست
- Amongst the righteous there is one (who is) the most righteous: on his diploma (is inscribed) by the Sultan's hand a sahh,
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کان دعا شد با اجابت مقترن ** کفو او نبود کبار انس و جن
- (Indicating) that the prayer (uttered by him) is (inseparably) linked with acceptance, (and that) the greatest of men and Jinn are not his peers.
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در مری‌اش آنک حلو و حامض است ** حجت ایشان بر حق داحض است
- (When) those who are sweet or sour (engage) in contention with him, in God's sight their argument is null,
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که چو ما او را به خود افراشتیم ** عذر و حجت از میان بر داشتیم 2625
- For (God says), “As We have exalted him by (grace of) Ourselves, We have done away with (every) plea and argument (against him).”