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اسلم الشیطان آنجا شد پدید ** که یزیدی شد ز فضلش بایزید
- (The meaning of) ‘the Devil became a true believer’ is made manifest on the occasion when by His (God's) grace a Yazíd becomes a Báyazíd.
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این سخن پایان ندارد ای گروه ** هین نگه دارید زان قلعه وجوه 3650
- This topic is endless. Beware, O company (of travellers), keep your faces (safe) from that fortress!
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هین مبادا که هوستان ره زند ** که فتید اندر شقاوت تا ابد
- Oh, let not vain desire waylay you, or ye will fall into everlasting misery.
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از خطر پرهیز آمد مفترض ** بشنوید از من حدیث بی‌غرض
- ’Tis a bounden duty to abstain from peril: hear disinterested advice from me.
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در فرج جویی خرد سر تیز به ** از کمین‌گاه بلا پرهیز به
- In seeking relief (from sorrow) ’tis better that one's wits should be sharp: ’tis better to abstain from (falling into) the ambuscade of tribulation.”
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گر نمی‌گفت این سخن را آن پدر ** ور نمی‌فرمود زان قلعه حذر
- If their father had not spoken these words and had not warned them against that fortress,
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خود بدان قلعه نمی‌شد خیلشان ** خود نمی‌افتاد آن سو میلشان 3655
- Their party would never have approached the fortress, their desire would never have inclined towards it;
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کان نبد معروف بس مهجور بود ** از قلاع و از مناهج دور بود
- For it was not well-known: it was exceedingly remote and aloof from the (other) fortresses and the highways.
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چون بکرد آن منع دلشان زان مقال ** در هوس افتاد و در کوی خیال
- (But) when he (the King) uttered that prohibition, their hearts were thrown by his speech into vain desire and into the quarter of phantasy,
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رغبتی زین منع در دلشان برست ** که بباید سر آن را باز جست
- And, because of this prohibition, a craving arose in their hearts to investigate the secret of that (fortress).