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لیک اگر یکرنگ بینی خاکشان ** نیست یکسان حالت چالاکشان 4765
- But, if you see that their dust is of one colour, (yet) their active (spiritual) state is not uniform.
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شحم و لحم زندگان یکسان بود ** آن یکی غمگین دگر شادان بود
- The fat and flesh of living persons is uniform, (yet) one is sad, another glad.
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تو چه دانی تا ننوشی قالشان ** زانک پنهانست بر تو حالشان
- Until you hear their words, what should you know (of their feelings), inasmuch as their (inward) state is hidden from you?
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بشنوی از قال های و هوی را ** کی ببینی حالت صدتوی را
- You may hear words—(cries of) háy, húy; (but) how will you perceive the (inward) state that hath a hundred folds?
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نقش ما یکسان بضدها متصف ** خاک هم یکسان روانشان مختلف
- Our (human) figure is uniform, (yet) endued with contrary qualities: likewise their dust is uniform, (yet) their spirits are diverse.
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همچنین یکسان بود آوازها ** آن یکی پر درد و آن پر نازها 4770
- Similarly, voices are uniform (as such), (but) one is sorrowful, and another full of charms.
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بانگ اسپان بشنوی اندر مصاف ** بانگ مرغان بشنوی اندر طواف
- On the battle-field you may hear the cry of horses; in strolling round (a garden) you may hear the cry of birds.
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آن یکی از حقد و دیگر ز ارتباط ** آن یکی از رنج و دیگر از نشاط
- One (voice proceeds) from hate, and another from harmony; one from pain, and another from joy.
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هر که دور از حالت ایشان بود ** پیشش آن آوازها یکسان بود
- Whoever is remote from (ignorant of) their (inward) state, to him the voices are uniform.
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آن درختی جنبد از زخم تبر ** و آن درخت دیگر از باد سحر
- One tree is moved by blows of the axe, another tree by the breeze of dawn.