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گر توهم میکند او عشق ذات ** ذات نبود وهم اسما و صفات
- If he conceives that he is in love with the Essence (of God), conception of the (Divine) names and attributes is not the Essence.
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وهم مخلوق است و مولود آمده ست ** حق نزاییده ست او لم یولد است
- Conception is created; it has been begotten: God is not begotten, He is lam yúlad.
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عاشق تصویر و وهم خویشتن ** کی بود از عاشقان ذو المنن
- How should he that is in love with his own imagination and conception be one of them that love the Lord of bounties?
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عاشق آن وهم اگر صادق بود ** آن مجاز او حقیقت کش شود 2760
- If the lover of that (false) conception be sincere, that metaphor (unreal judgement) will lead him to the reality.
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شرح میخواهد بیان این سخن ** لیک میترسم ز افهام کهن
- The exposition of this saying demands a commentary, but I am afraid of senile (feeble) minds.
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فهمهای کهنهی کوته نظر ** صد خیال بد در آرد در فکر
- Senile and short-sighted minds bring a hundred evil fancies into their thoughts.
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بر سماع راست هر کس چیر نیست ** لقمهی هر مرغکی انجیر نیست
- Not every one is able to hear rightly: the fig is not a morsel for every little bird,
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خاصه مرغی مردهای پوسیدهای ** پر خیالی اعمیی بیدیدهای
- Especially a bird that is dead, putrid; a blind, eyeless (fellow) filled with vain fancy.
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نقش ماهی را چه دریا و چه خاک ** رنگ هندو را چه صابون و چه زاک 2765
- To the picture of a fish what is the difference between sea and land? To the colour of a Hindoo what is the difference between soap and black vitriol?
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نقش اگر غمگین نگاری بر ورق ** او ندارد از غم و شادی سبق
- If you depict the portrait on the paper as sorrowful, it has no lesson (learns nothing) of sorrow or joy.