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همچو آهن ز آهنی بیرنگ شو ** در ریاضت آینهی بیزنگ شو
- Like (polished) iron, lose the ferruginous colour; become in thy ascetic discipline (like) a mirror without rust.
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خویش را صافی کن از اوصاف خود ** تا ببینی ذات پاک صاف خود 3460
- Make thyself pure from the attributes of self, that thou mayst behold thine own pure untarnished essence,
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بینی اندر دل علوم انبیا ** بیکتاب و بیمعید و اوستا
- And behold within thy heart (all) the sciences of the prophets, without book and without preceptor and master.
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گفت پیغمبر که هست از امتم ** کاو بود هم گوهر و هم همتم
- The Prophet said, “Amongst my people are some who are one with me in nature and aspiration:
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مر مرا ز آن نور بیند جانشان ** که من ایشان را همیبینم بدان
- Their spirits behold me by the same light by which I am beholding them.”
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بیصحیحین و احادیث و رواه ** بلکه اندر مشرب آب حیات
- Without the two Sahíhs and Traditions and Traditionists; nay, (they behold him) in the place where they drink the Water of Life.
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سر امسینا لکردیا بدان ** راز اصبحنا عرابیا بخوان 3465
- Know the secret of “In the evening I was a Kurd”; read the mystery of “In the morning I was an Arab.”
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ور مثالی خواهی از علم نهان ** قصه گو از رومیان و چینیان
- And if you desire a parable of the hidden knowledge, relate the story of the Greeks and the Chinese.
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قصهی مری کردن رومیان و چینیان در علم نقاشی و صورتگری
- The story of the contention between the Greeks and the Chinese in the art of painting and picturing.
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چینیان گفتند ما نقاشتر ** رومیان گفتند ما را کر و فر
- The Chinese said, “We are the better artists”; the Greeks said, “The (superiority in) power and excellence belongs to us.”
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گفت سلطان امتحان خواهم در این ** کز شماها کیست در دعوی گزین
- “I will put you to the test in this matter,” said the Sultan, “(and see) which of you are approved in your claim.”