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یک گهر بودیم همچون آفتاب ** بیگره بودیم و صافی همچو آب
- We were one substance, like the Sun; we were knotless and pure, like water.
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چون به صورت آمد آن نور سره ** شد عدد چون سایههای کنگره
- When that goodly Light took form, it became (many in) number like the shadows of a battlement.
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کنگره ویران کنید از منجنیق ** تا رود فرق از میان این فریق
- Rase ye the battlement with the manjaníq (mangonel), that difference may vanish from amidst this company (of shadows).
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شرح این را گفتمی من از مری ** لیک ترسم تا نلغزد خاطری 690
- I would have explained this (matter) with (eager) contention, but I fear lest some (weak) mind may stumble.
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نکتهها چون تیغ پولاد است تیز ** گر نداری تو سپر واپس گریز
- The points (involved in it) are sharp as a sword of steel; if you have not the shield (of capacity to understand), turn back and flee!
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پیش این الماس بیاسپر میا ** کز بریدن تیغ را نبود حیا
- Do not come without shield against this adamant (keen blade), for the sword is not ashamed of cutting.
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زین سبب من تیغ کردم در غلاف ** تا که کج خوانی نخواند بر خلاف
- For this cause I have put the sword in sheath, that none who misreads may read contrariwise (in a sense contrary to the true meaning of my words).
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آمدیم اندر تمامی داستان ** وز وفاداری جمع راستان
- We come (now) to complete the tale and (speak) of the loyalty of the multitude of the righteous,
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کز پس این پیشوا برخاستند ** بر مقامش نایبی میخواستند 695
- Who rose up after (the death of) this leader, demanding a vicar in his place.
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منازعت امرا در ولیعهدی
- The quarrel of the amírs concerning the succession.
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یک امیری ز آن امیران پیش رفت ** پیش آن قوم وفا اندیش رفت
- One of those amírs advanced and went before that loyal-minded people.