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بس درین صندوق چون تو مانده‌اند ** خوش را اندر بلا بنشانده‌اند
- Many like you have been left in this chest and have landed themselves in tribulation.
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آنچ بر تو خواه آن باشد پسند ** بر دگر کس آن کن از رنج و گزند
- Inflict upon another (only) the pain and injury that you would wish and approve for yourself,
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زانک بر مرصاد حق واندر کمین ** می‌دهد پاداش پیش از یوم دین
- For God is lying in wait and in ambush, ready to give retribution before the Day of Judgement.
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آن عظیم العرش عرش او محیط ** تخت دادش بر همه جانها بسیط 4530
- All-encompassing is the Throne of Him who is throned in grandeur: over all souls is spread the Throne of His justice.
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گوشه‌ی عرشش به تو پیوسته است ** هین مجنبان جز بدین و داد دست
- A corner of His throne is touching you: beware, do not move a hand to act impiously or unjustly.
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تو مراقب باش بر احوال خویش ** نوش بین در داد و بعد از ظلم نیش
- Keep a careful watch over your own behaviour: observe that the honey is (contained) in justice and that after injustice comes the sting.”
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گفت آری اینچ کردم استم است ** لیک هم می‌دان که بادی اظلم است
- He (Júhí) said, “Yes, what I did is wrong, but at the same time (you must) know (the proverb) that the aggressor is the more unjust (of the two).”
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گفت نایب یک به یک ما بادییم ** با سواد وجه اندر شادییم
- The deputy replied, “We are aggressors, every one of us, but notwithstanding our blackness of face we are happy,
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هم‌چو زنگی کو بود شادان و خوش ** او نبیند غیر او بیند رخش 4535
- Like the negro who is happy and pleased, (for) he does not see his face, (though) others see it.”
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ماجرا بسیار شد در من یزید ** داد صد دینار و آن از وی خرید
- The altercation in bidding (for the chest) was prolonged: (finally) he paid a hundred dinars and bought it from him.