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شمس را قرآن ضیا خواند ای پدر ** و آن قمر را نور خواند این را نگر
- The Qur’án has called the sun ziyá, O father, and it has called the moon núr. Consider this!
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شمس چون عالی‌تر آمد خود ز ماه ** پس ضیا از نور افزون دان به جاه 20
- Since the sun is more exalted even than the moon, know, then, that ziyá is superior to núr in dignity.
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بس کس اندر نور مه منهج ندید ** چون برآمد آفتاب آن شد پدید
- Many a one did not see the way in the moonlight, (but) it became visible as soon as the sun rose.
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آفتاب اعواض را کامل نمود ** لاجرم بازارها در روز بود
- The sun displayed (all) objects of exchange perfectly: of necessity, markets were (held) in the daytime,
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تا که قلب و نقد نیک آید پدید ** تا بود از غبن و از حیله بعید
- In order that the false coin and the good money might come into view, and that he (the merchant) might be far (immune) from swindling and trickery.
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تا که نورش کامل آمد در زمین ** تاجران را رحمة للعالمین
- (The sun rose) until its light came to perfection on the earth, a universal mercy to the traders;
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لیک بر قلاب مبغوضست و سخت ** زانک ازو شد کاسد او را نقد و رخت 25
- But to the false coiner it is hateful and grievous, because by it his money and wares are made unsaleable.
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پس عدو جان صرافست قلب ** دشمن درویش کی بود غیر کلب
- Hence the false coin is the mortal foe of the money-changer: who is the enemy of the dervish but the dog?
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انبیا با دشمنان بر می‌تنند ** پس ملایک رب سلم می‌زنند
- The prophets contend with their enemies; then the angels utter cries of “Save (them), O Lord,”
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کین چراغی را که هست او نور کار ** از پف و دمهای دزدان دور دار
- Saying, “Keep this Lamp, which is light-disseminating, far from the puffs and breaths of thieves.”