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عارفان ز آغاز گشته هوشمند ** از غم و احوال آخر فارغاند
- (But) the gnostics, having become conscious of the beginning, are free from anxiety and (care for) the ultimate conditions.
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بود عارف را همین خوف و رجا ** سابقهدانیش خورد آن هر دو را
- (Formerly) the gnostic had the same fear and hope (as the ascetic), (but) his knowledge of the past devoured both those (feelings).
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دید کو سابق زراعت کرد ماش ** او همیداند چه خواهد بود چاش
- He perceived that in the past he had sown pulse: he knows what the produce will be.
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عارفست و باز رست از خوف و بیم ** های هو را کرد تیغ حق دو نیم
- He is a gnostic and has been delivered from fear and dread: the sword of God has cut lamentation asunder
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بود او را بیم و اومید از خدا ** خوف فانی شد عیان گشت آن رجا 4070
- (Formerly) he had from God (feelings of) fear and hope: the fear has passed away and the hope has come into clear view.
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چون شکست او گوهر خاص آن زمان ** زان امیران خاست صد بانگ و فغان
- When he (Ayáz) broke that choice pearl, thereupon from the Amirs arose a hundred clamours and outcries—
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کین چه بیباکیست والله کافرست ** هر که این پر نور گوهر را شکست
- “What recklessness is this! By God, whoever has broken this luminous pearl is an infidel”—
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وآن جماعت جمله از جهل و عما ** در شکسته در امر شاه را
- And (yet) the whole company (of Amirs) in their ignorance and blindness had broken the pearl of the King’s command.
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قیمتی گوهر نتیجهی مهر و ود ** بر چنان خاطر چرا پوشیده شد
- The precious pearl, the product of love and affection—why was it (ever) veiled from hearts like those?
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تشنیع زدن امرا بر ایاز کی چرا شکستش و جواب دادن ایاز ایشان را
- How the Amirs reviled Ayáz, saying, “Why did he break it?” and how Ayáz answered them.
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گفت ایاز ای مهتران نامور ** امر شه بهتر به قیمت یا گهر 4075
- Ayáz said, “O renowned princes, is the King’s command more precious or the pearl?