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جست عیسی تا رهد از دشمنان ** بردش آن جستن به چارم آسمان
- Jesus sprang up, to escape from his enemies: that spring carried him to the Fourth Heaven.
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دام آدم خوشه‌‌ی گندم شده ** تا وجودش خوشه‌‌ی مردم شده 2790
- The ear of wheat became a trap for Adam, so that his existence became the wheat-ear (seed and origin) of mankind.
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باز آید سوی دام از بهر خور ** ساعد شه یابد و اقبال و فر
- The falcon comes to the snare for food: it finds the fore-arm (wrist) of the King and fortune and glory.
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طفل شد مکتب پی کسب هنر ** بر امید مرغ با لطف پدر
- The child went to school to acquire knowledge, in hope of (getting) its father's pretty bird (as a prize);
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پس ز مکتب آن یکی صدری شده ** ماهگانه داده و بدری شده
- Then, by (going to) school, that child rose to the top, paid monthly fees (to his teacher), and became perfect (in knowledge).
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آمده عباس حرب از بهر کین ** بهر قمع احمد و استیز دین
- ‘Abbás had come to war for vengeance’ sake, for the purpose of subduing Ahmad (Mohammed) and opposing the (true) religion:
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گشته دین را تا قیامت پشت و رو ** در خلافت او و فرزندان او 2795
- He and his descendants in the Caliphate became a back and front (complete support) to the (true) religion until the Resurrection.
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من بر این در طالب چیز آمدم ** صدر گشتم چون به دهلیز آمدم
- “I came to this court in quest of wealth: as soon as I entered the portico I became (a spiritual) chief.
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آب آوردم به تحفه بهر نان ** بوی نانم برد تا صدر جنان
- I brought water as a gift for the sake of (getting) bread: hope of bread led me to the highest place in Paradise.
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نان برون راند آدمی را از بهشت ** نان مرا اندر بهشتی در سرشت
- Bread drove an Adam forth from Paradise: bread caused me to mix (made me consort) with those who belong to Paradise.