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از لجاج خویشتن بنشسته‌ای ** اندرین تنگی کف و لب بسته‌ای
- (But) in thy obstinacy thou hast sat down and closed (both) hand and mouth in this confinement.
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تا بندهی آن گواهی ای شهید ** تو ازین دهلیز کی خواهی رهید 180
- Until thou give that testimony, O witness, how wilt thou escape from this court?
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یک زمان کارست بگزار و بتاز ** کار کوته را مکن بر خود دراز
- ’Tis the affair of a moment. Perform (thy duty) and run away: do not make a short matter long (tedious and irksome) to thyself.
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خواه در صد سال خواهی یک زمان ** این امانت واگزار و وا رهان
- As thou wilt, whether during a hundred years or in a moment, discharge this trust and acquit thyself (of it).
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بیان آنک نماز و روزه و همه چیزهای برونی گواهیهاست بر نور اندرونی
- Explaining that (ritual) prayer and fasting and all (such) external things are witnesses to the inner light.
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این نماز و روزه و حج و جهاد ** هم گواهی دادنست از اعتقاد
- This (ritual) prayer and fasting and pilgrimage and holy war are the attestation of the (inward) belief.
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این زکات و هدیه و ترک حسد ** هم گواهی دادنست از سر خود
- The giving of alms and presents and the abandonment of envy are the attestation of one's secret thoughts.
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خوان و مهمانی پی اظهار راست ** کای مهان ما با شما گشتیم راست 185
- Dishes of food and hospitality are for the purpose of declaring that “we, O noble (guests), have become in true accord with you.”
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هدیه‌ها و ارمغان و پیش‌کش ** شد گواه آنک هستم با تو خوش
- Gifts and presents and offerings bear witness (saying implicitly), “I am pleased with thee.”
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هر کسی کوشد به مالی یا فسون ** چیست دارم گوهری در اندرون
- (If) any one exerts himself in (giving) money or in conjuration, what is (the meaning of) it? (He means to say), “I have a jewel within.
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گوهری دارم ز تقوی یا سخا ** این زکات و روزه در هر دو گوا
- I have a jewel, namely, abstinence or generosity”: this alms-giving and fasting are witnesses in regard to both (these qualities).