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قدح او را حق به مدحی برگرفت ** گر تو هم رحمت کنی نبود شگفت
- God accepted his vituperation as an expression of praise: if thou also have mercy, ’twill be no marvel.
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رحم فرما بر قصور فهمها ** ای ورای عقلها و وهمها
- Have mercy upon the failure of (our) minds (to comprehend thee), O thou who art beyond (all) understandings and conceptions.”
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ایها العشاق اقبالی جدید ** از جهان کهنه‌ی نوگر رسید 1095
- O lovers, new fortune has arrived from the old World that makes (all things) new,
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زان جهان کو چاره‌ی بیچاره‌جوست ** صد هزاران نادره دنیا دروست
- From the World that is seeking a remedy for them that have no remedy: hundreds of thousands of wonders of the (present) world are (contained) in it.
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ابشروا یا قوم اذ جاء الفرج ** افرحوا یا قوم قد زال الحرج
- Rejoice, O people, since the relief has come; be glad, O people: the distress is removed.
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آفتابی رفت در کازه‌ی هلال ** در تقاضا که ارحنا یا بلال
- A Sun went into the hut of the new-moon, making urgent demands and saying, “Refresh us, O Bilál!
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زیر لب می‌گفتی از بیم عدو ** کوری او بر مناره رو بگو
- From fear of the foe thou wert wont to speak under thy breath: (now), to his confusion, go up into the minaret and speak (aloud).”
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می‌دمد در گوش هر غمگین بشیر ** خیز ای مدبر ره اقبال گیر 1100
- The announcer of glad news is shouting in the ear of every sorrowful one, “Arise, O unlucky man, and take the road to fortune.
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ای درین حبس و درین گند و شپش ** هین که تا کس نشنود رستی خمش
- O thou that art in this prison and amidst this stench and these lice, beware lest any one hear! Thou hast escaped (from prison): be silent!”
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چون کنی خامش کنون ای یار من ** کز بن هر مو بر آمد طبل‌زن
- How shouldst thou keep silence now, O my beloved, when a drummer has appeared from the root of every hair (in thy body)?