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ای چو خربنده حریف کون خر ** بوسه گاهی یافتی ما را ببر
- O you who, like an ass-servant, are the comrade of the ass's rump, you have found a (fine) spot to kiss: take us (to it)!
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چون ندادت بندگی دوست دست ** میل شاهی از کجاات خاستست
- Since (true) servitude to the Beloved has not been granted you, whence has arisen in you the wish for sovereignty?
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در هوای آنک گویندت زهی ** بسته‌ای در گردن جانت زهی 2240
- In your desire that they should say to you “Bravo!” you have tied a bowstring on the neck of your soul.
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روبها این دم حیلت را بهل ** وقف کن دل بر خداوندان دل
- O fox, abandon this tail, (which is) contrivance, and devote your heart to the lords of the heart (the saints).
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در پناه شیر کم ناید کباب ** روبها تو سوی جیفه کم شتاب
- (Whilst you are) under the protection of the lion, roast-meat will not fail;O fox, do not hasten towards the carcase.
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تو دلا منظور حق آنگه شوی ** که چو جزوی سوی کل خود روی
- O heart, thou wilt be regarded (with favour) by God at the moment when, like a part, thou goest towards thy Whole.
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حق همی‌گوید نظرمان در دلست ** نیست بر صورت که آن آب و گلست
- God saith, “Our regard is (bestowed) on the heart; it is not (bestowed) on the external form, which is (only) water and earth.”
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تو همی‌گویی مرا دل نیز هست ** دل فراز عرش باشد نه به پست 2245
- You say, “I too have a heart”; (but) the heart is above the empyrean, it is not below.
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در گل تیره یقین هم آب هست ** لیک زان آبت نشاید آب‌دست
- Certainly in the dark earth also there is water, but ’tis not proper for you to wash your hands with that water,
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زانک گر آبست مغلوب گلست ** پس دل خود را مگو کین هم دلست
- Because, though it is water, it is overcome by the earth. Do not, then, say of your heart, “This too is a heart.”