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زهد و تقوی را گزیدم دین و کیش ** زانک می‌دیدم اجل را پیش خویش
- I adopted asceticism and piety as my religion and practice because I saw before me the appointed end of my life.
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مرگ همسایه مرا واعظ شده ** کسب و دکان مرا برهم زده
- My neighbour's death had given me warning and upset my (worldly) business and shop.
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چون به آخر فرد خواهم ماندن ** خو نباید کرد با هر مرد و زن
- Since I shall be left alone at the last, it behoves me not to become friendly with every man and woman.
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رو بخواهم کرد آخر در لحد ** آن به آید که کنم خو با احد
- I shall turn my face to the grave at the last: ’tis better that I should make friends with the One (God).
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چو زنخ را بست خواهند ای صنم ** آن به آید که زنخ کمتر زنم 445
- Since my jaw will (ultimately) be bound up, O worshipful one, ’tis better that I should jaw little (now).
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ای بزربفت و کمر آموخته ** آخرستت جامه‌ی نادوخته
- O thou who hast learned to wear a gold-embroidered robe and a belt, at the last there is (only) the unsewn garment for thee (to wear).
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رو به خاک آریم کز وی رسته‌ایم ** دل چرا در بی‌وفایان بسته‌ایم
- We shall turn our faces to the earth whence we have sprung: why (then) have we fixed our hearts on creatures devoid of constancy (permanence)?
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جد و خویشانمان قدیمی چار طبع ** ما به خویشی عاریت بستیم طمع
- The four ‘natures’ are our ancestors and kinsfolk from of old, (yet) we have fixed our hopes on a borrowed (temporary) kinship.
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سالها هم‌صحبتی و هم‌دمی ** با عناصر داشت جسم آدمی
- During (many) years the body of Man had companionship and intimacy with the elements.
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روح او خود از نفوس و از عقول ** روح اصول خویش را کرده نکول 450
- His spirit, indeed, is from the (world of) souls and intelligences, (but) the spirit has forsaken its origins.