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اهل کشتی همچنین جویای باد ** جمله خواهانش از آن رب العباد
- Likewise, those in ship are desirous of the wind: they all are begging for it from the Lord of Mankind.
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همچنین در درد دندانها ز باد ** دفع می‌خواهی بسوز و اعتقاد
- Likewise, in (the case of) toothache you beg ardently and earnestly to be defended from the wind.
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از خدا لابه‌کنان آن جندیان ** که بده باد ظفر ای کامران 150
- The soldiers beseech God humbly, saying, “Give (us) the wind of victory, O Thou whose every wish is fulfilled!”
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رقعه‌ی تعویذ می‌خواهند نیز ** در شکنجه‌ی طلق زن از هر عزیز
- Also, in the throes of childbirth, folk beg from every venerated (saint) a piece of paper inscribed with a charm (against evil).
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پس همه دانسته‌اند آن را یقین ** که فرستد باد رب‌العالمین
- Therefore all have known for certain that the wind is sent by the Lord of created beings.
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پس یقین در عقل هر داننده هست ** اینک با جنبنده جنباننده هست
- Therefore in the mind of every one possessing knowledge this is certain, that with everything that moves there is a mover.
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گر تو او را می‌نبینی در نظر ** فهم کن آن را به اظهار اثر
- If you do not see him visibly, apprehend him by means of the manifestation of the effect.
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تن به جان جنبد نمی‌بینی تو جان ** لیک از جنبیدن تن جان بدان 155
- The body is moved by the spirit: you do not seethe spirit; but from the movement of the body know the spirit (to be its mover).
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گفت او گر ابلهم من در ادب ** زیرکم اندر وفا و در طلب
- He (the lover) said, “If I am foolish in manners, I am wise in respect of faithfulness and (eager) pursuit.”
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گفت ادب این بود خود که دیده شد ** آن دگر را خود همی‌دانی تو لد
- She replied, “Truly the manners were these which have been seen; as for the other (things), thou thyself knowest, perverse fellow!
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قصه‌ی آن صوفی کی زن خود را بیگانه‌ای بگرفت
- Story of the Súfí who caught his wife with a strange man.