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  • بنده سوی خواجه شد او ماند زار ** بوی گل شد سوی گل او ماند خار
  • The slave (the loved one) went away to his master: he (the lover) was left in misery. The scent of the rose went (back) to the rose: he remained as the thorn.

  • او بمانده دور از مطلوب خویش ** سعی ضایع رنج باطل پای ریش‌‌
  • He was left far from the object of his desire—his labour lost, his toil useless, his foot wounded,

  • همچو صیادی که گیرد سایه‌‌ای ** سایه کی گردد و را سرمایه‌‌ای‌‌
  • Like the hunter who catches a shadow—how should the shadow become his property?

  • سایه‌‌ی مرغی گرفته مرد سخت ** مرغ حیران گشته بر شاخ درخت‌‌
  • The man has grasped tightly the shadow of a bird, (while) the bird on the branch of the tree is fallen into amazement,

  • کاین مدمغ بر که می‌‌خندد عجب ** اینت باطل اینت پوسیده سبب‌‌ 2810
  • (Thinking), “I wonder who this crack-brained fellow is laughing at? Here's folly for you, here's a rotten cause!”

  • ور تو گویی جزو پیوسته‌‌ی کل است ** خار می‌‌خور خار مقرون گل است‌‌
  • And if you say that the part is connected with the whole, (then) eat thorns: the thorn is connected with the rose.

  • جز ز یک رو نیست پیوسته به کل ** ور نه خود باطل بدی بعث رسل‌‌
  • Except from one point of view, it (the part) is not connected with the whole: otherwise, indeed, the mission of the prophets would be vain,

  • چون رسولان از پی پیوستن‌‌اند ** پس چه پیوندندشان چون یک تن‌‌اند
  • Inasmuch as the prophets are (sent) in order to connect (the part with the whole): how, then, should they (the prophets) connect them when they are (already) one body?

  • این سخن پایان ندارد ای غلام ** روز بی‌‌گه شد حکایت کن تمام‌‌
  • This discourse hath no end. O lad, the day is late: conclude the tale.

  • سپردن عرب هدیه را یعنی سبو را به غلامان خلیفه‌‌
  • How the Arab delivered the gift, that is, the jug to the Caliph's servants.

  • آن سبوی آب را در پیش داشت ** تخم خدمت را در آن حضرت بکاشت‌‌ 2815
  • He presented the jug of water, he sowed the seed of homage in that (exalted) court.