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نیست جمعیت ز بسیاری جسم ** جسم را بر باد قایم دان چو اسم 3045
- Collectedness is not the result of bodily multitude: know that body, like name, is built on (empty) air.
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در دل موش ار بدی جمعیتی ** جمع گشتی چند موش از حمیتی
- If there were any collectedness in the heart of the mouse, a number of mice would be collected (united) by a feeling of indignation,
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بر زدندی چون فدایی حمله‌ای ** خویش را بر گربه‌ی بی‌مهله‌ای
- And, rushing up like assassins, they would throw themselves on a cat without (giving her) any respite.
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آن یکی چشمش بکندی از ضراب ** وان دگر گوشش دریدی هم به ناب
- One would tear out her eyes in conflict (with her), while another would rip her ears with its teeth,
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وان دگر سوراخ کردی پهلوش ** از جماعت گم شدی بیرون شوش
- And another make a hole in her side: there would be no way of escape for her from the united party.
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لیک جمعیت ندارد جان موش ** بجهد از جانش به بانگ گربه هوش 3050
- But the soul of the mouse has no collectedness: at the miaul of a cat (all) its wits fly out of its soul.
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خشک گردد موش زان گربه‌ی عیار ** گر بود اعداد موشان صد هزار
- The mouse is paralysed by the wily cat, (even) if the numbers of the mice amount to a hundred thousand.
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از رمه‌ی انبه چه غم قصاب را ** انبهی هش چه بندد خواب را
- What cares the butcher for the numerous flock (of sheep)? How can abundance of consciousness prevent (the approach of) slumber?
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مالک الملک است جمعیت دهد ** شیر را تا بر گله‌ی گوران جهد
- He (God) is the Lord of the kingdom: He gives collectedness to the lion, so that he springs on the herd of onagers.
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صد هزاران گور ده‌شاخ و دلیر ** چون عدم باشند پیش صول شیر
- A hundred thousand savage and courageous onagers are as naught before the onset of the lion.