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هر که را با مرده سودایی بود ** بر امید زندهسیمایی بود 545
- Whoever has a passion for that which is dead, ‘tis in hope of (gaining) one who has the features of the living.
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آن دروگر روی آورده به چوب ** بر امید خدمت مهروی خوب
- The carpenter turns his face (attention) to wood, in the hope of rendering service to a fair one whose face is like the moon.
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بر امید زندهای کن اجتهاد ** کو نگردد بعد روزی دو جماد
- Do thou exert thyself in hope of the Living One who does not become lifeless after a day or two!
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مونسی مگزین خسی را از خسی ** عاریت باشد درو آن مونسی
- Do not from meanness choose a mean person as thy friend: that friendship in him is borrowed (unessential).
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انس تو با مادر و بابا کجاست ** گر بجز حق مونسانت را وفاست
- If thy friends other than God possess constancy (permanence), where is thy friendship with the mother and father?
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انس تو با دایه و لالا چه شد ** گر کسی شاید بغیر حق عضد 550
- If any one but God is worthy to be relied upon, what has become of thy friendship with thy nurse and tutor?
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انس تو با شیر و با پستان نماند ** نفرت تو از دبیرستان نماند
- Thy friendship with the milk and the teat did not endure, thy shyness of (going to) school did not endure.
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آن شعاعی بود بر دیوارشان ** جانب خورشید وا رفت آن نشان
- That (friendship) was a radiance (cast) upon their wall: that sign (of the Sun) went back towards the Sun.
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بر هر آن چیزی که افتد آن شعاع ** تو بر آن هم عاشق آیی ای شجاع
- On whatsoever thing that radiance may fall, thou becomest in love with that (thing), O brave man.
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عشق تو بر هر چه آن موجود بود ** آن ز وصف حق زر اندود بود
- On whatsoever existent thing thy love (is bestowed), that (thing) is gilded with Divine qualities.