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گر گران و گر شتابنده بود ** آنک جویندست یابنده بود
- Whether one be slow or speedy (in movement), he that is a seeker will be a finder.
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در طلب زن دایما تو هر دو دست ** که طلب در راه نیکو رهبرست
- Always apply yourself with both hands (with all your might) to seeking, for search is an excellent guide on the way.
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لنگ و لوک و خفته‌شکل و بی‌ادب ** سوی او می‌غیژ و او را می‌طلب 980
- (Though you be) lame and limping and bent in figure and unmannerly, ever creep towards Him and be in quest of Him.
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گه بگفت و گه بخاموشی و گه ** بوی کردن گیر هر سو بوی شه
- Now by speech and now by silence and now by smelling, catch in every quarter the scent of the King.
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گفت آن یعقوب با اولاد خویش ** جستن یوسف کنید از حد بیش
- Jacob said to his sons, “Make search for Joseph beyond (all) bounds.
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هر حس خود را درین جستن بجد ** هر طرف رانید شکل مستعد
- In this search earnestly direct your every sense towards every side, like one that is ready.”
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گفت از روح خدا لا تیاسوا ** همچو گم کرده پسر رو سو بسو
- He (Jacob) said, “Do not despair of God's breath (mercy)”; go thou (also) to and fro as one that has lost his son.
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از ره حس دهان پرسان شوید ** گوش را بر چار راه آن نهید 985
- Inquire by means of the sense of the mouth, and lay your ears on the four roads of that (which ye seek).
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هر کجا بوی خوش آید بو برید ** سوی آن سر کاشنای آن سرید
- Whenever a sweet scent comes, smell in the direction of that mystery, for ye are acquainted with that direction.
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هر کجا لطفی ببینی از کسی ** سوی اصل لطف ره یابی عسی
- Whenever thou art aware of a kindness from any one, ’tis possible thou mayst find the way to the source of the kindness.