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من بگفته پند شد بند از جفا ** شیر پند از مهر جوشد وز صفا
- I said, ‘Counsel is barred by ill-treatment: the milk of counsel gushes forth from love and joy.
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بس که کردید از جفا بر جای من ** شیر پند افسرد در رگهای من
- Much ill-treatment have ye bestowed on me, (so that) the milk of counsel is curdled in my veins.’
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حق مرا گفته ترا لطفی دهم ** بر سر آن زخمها مرهم نهم 2550
- God said to me, ‘I will give thee a boon, I will lay a plaster on those wounds (of thine).’
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صاف کرده حق دلم را چون سما ** روفته از خاطرم جور شما
- God made my heart clear as the sky, He swept your oppression out of my mind.
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در نصیحت من شده بار دگر ** گفته امثال و سخنها چون شکر
- I went (back) once more to admonition, I spake parables and words (sweet) as sugar,
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شیر تازه از شکر انگیخته ** شیر و شهدی با سخن آمیخته
- I produced fresh milk from the sugar, I mingled milk and honey with my words.
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در شما چون زهر گشته آن سخن ** ز آن که زهرستان بدید از بیخ و بن
- In you those words became like poison, because ye were filled with poison from the root and foundation.
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چون شوم غمگین که غم شد سر نگون ** غم شما بودید ای قوم حرون 2555
- How should I be grieved that grief is overthrown? Ye were grief (to me), O obstinate people.
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هیچ کس بر مرگ غم نوحه کند ** ریش سر چون شد کسی مو بر کند
- Does any one lament the death of grief? Does any one tear out his hair when the sore on his head is removed?”
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رو به خود کرد و بگفت ای نوحه‌‌گر ** نوحه‌‌ات را می‌‌نیرزد آن نفر
- (Then) he turned to himself and said, “O mourner, those folk are not worth thy mourning.”