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با لیم نفس چون احسان کند ** چون لیمان نفس بد کفران کند 3010
- When he (the noble man) deals kindly with the villain, his (fleshly) soul, the wicked soul shows ingratitude, like the vile.
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زین سبب بد که اهل محنت شاکرند ** اهل نعمت طاغیند و ماکرند
- ’Twas on this account that the afflicted are thankful, (while) the fortunate are rebellious and deceitful.
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هست طاغی بگلر زرین‌قبا ** هست شاکر خسته‌ی صاحب‌عبا
- The bey with his gold-embroidered coat is rebellious; the distressed wearer of a coarse woollen cloak (‘abá) is thankful.
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شکر کی روید ز املاک و نعم ** شکر می‌روید ز بلوی و سقم
- How should thankfulness grow from possessions and riches? Thankfulness grows from tribulation and sickness.
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قصه عشق صوفی بر سفره‌ی تهی
- Story of the Súfí's being enamoured of the empty food-wallet.
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صوفیی بر میخ روزی سفره دید ** چرخ می‌زد جامه‌ها را می‌درید
- One day a Súfí espied a food-wallet (hanging) on a nail: he began to whirl and rend his garments,
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بانگ می‌زد نک نوای بی‌نوا ** قحطها و دردها را نک دوا 3015
- Crying, “Lo, the food of the foodless! Lo, the remedy for famines and pangs (of hunger)!”
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چونک دود و شور او بسیار شد ** هر که صوفی بود با او یار شد
- When his smoke and tumult (his ecstasy) waxed great, every one that was a Súfí joined him (imitated his behaviour).
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کخ‌کخی و های و هویی می‌زدند ** تای چندی مست و بی‌خود می‌شدند
- They were shouting and shrieking: several were becoming intoxicated and beside themselves.
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بوالفضولی گفت صوفی را که چیست ** سفره‌ای آویخته وز نان تهیست
- An idle busybody said to the Súfí, “What is the matter? (Only) a food-wallet hung (on a nail), and it is empty of bread!”
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گفت رو رو نقش بی‌معنیستی ** تو بجو هستی که عاشق نیستی
- He (the Súfí) said, “Begone, begone! Thou art a (mere) form without spirit: do thou seek existence (not non-existence), for thou art no lover.”