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تک مران در کش عنان مستور به ** هر کس از پندار خود مسرور به
- Do not gallop, draw rein, ’tis better it (thy spirit) should be veiled; ’tis better that every one should be gladdened by his own fancy.
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حق همیخواهد که نومیدان او ** زین عبادت هم نگردانند رو
- God is wishing that even His despairing ones should not avert their faces (refrain) from this worship (of Him).
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هم به اومیدی مشرف میشوند ** چند روزی در رکابش میدوند
- Even on the ground of a hope they become ennobled: for a few days (a short time) they are running at its stirrup (following Divine worship).
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خواهد آن رحمت بتابد بر همه ** بر بد و نیک از عموم مرحمه
- He wishes that that mercy should shine upon all, on the evil and the good, because of the universality of His mercy.
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حق همیخواهد که هر میر و اسیر ** با رجا و خوف باشند و حذیر 3615
- God is wishing that every prince and captive should be hopeful and fearful and afraid.
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این رجا و خوف در پرده بود ** تا پس این پرده پرورده شود
- This hope and fear are in the veil (separating the seen from the unseen), that they may be fostered behind this veil.
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چون دریدی پرده کو خوف و رجا ** غیب را شد کر و فری بر ملا
- When thou hast rent the veil, where are fear and hope? The might and majesty belonging to the Unseen are divulged.
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بر لب جو برد ظنی یک فتا ** که سلیمان است ماهیگیر ما
- A young man on the bank of a river thought (to himself), “Our fisherman (here) is Solomon.
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گر وی است این از چه فرد است و خفی است ** ور نه سیمای سلیمانیش چیست
- (But) if this is he, why is he alone and disguised? And if not, why has he the aspect of Solomon?”
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اندر این اندیشه میبود او دو دل ** تا سلیمان گشت شاه و مستقل 3620
- Thus thinking, he remained in two minds until Solomon (once more) became king and absolute ruler.