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گفت مولع گشت این مفتون درین ** بی‌خبر کین چه خسارست و غبین
- He said (to himself), ‘This infatuated man has a great desire for these (facetious tales), not knowing what a loss and swindle they are (for him).’
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بوسه‌افشان کرد بر استاد او ** که بمن بهر خدا افسانه گو
- (Nevertheless) he (the Turk) showered kisses on (the face and eyes of) the master, crying, ‘For God's sake tell me a story!’
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ای فسانه گشته و محو از وجود ** چند افسانه بخواهی آزمود
- O thou who hast become a story and (art) dead to (useful) existence, how long wilt thou wish to make trial of stories?
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خندمین‌تر از تو هیچ افسانه نیست ** بر لب گور خراب خویش ایست 1710
- No story is more laughable than thou (thyself): stand (and meditate) on the edge of thine own ruinous grave!
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ای فرو رفته به گور جهل و شک ** چند جویی لاغ و دستان فلک
- O thou who hast gone down into the grave of ignorance and doubt, how long wilt thou seek (to hear) the jests and tales of Time?
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تا بکی نوشی تو عشوه‌ی این جهان ** که نه عقلت ماند بر قانون نه جان
- How long wilt thou listen to the blandishments of this world that leave neither thy mind underanged nor thy spirit?
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لاغ این چرخ ندیم کرد و مرد ** آب روی صد هزاران چون تو برد
- The jests of Time, this mean and petty boon-companion, have robbed of honour a hundred thousand like thee.
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می‌درد می‌دوزد این درزی عام ** جامه‌ی صدسالگان طفل خام
- This Universal Tailor is ever tearing and stitching the garments of a hundred travellers silly as children.
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لاغ او گر باغها را داد داد ** چون دی آمد داده را بر باد داد 1715
- If his jests conferred a gift on the orchards (in spring), when December came they (his jests) gave that gift to the winds.
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پیره‌طفلان شسته پیشش بهر کد ** تا به سعد و نحس او لاغی کند
- The old children sit down beside him to beg that he will jest (and amuse them) by (giving them) fortunes good or bad.
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گفتن درزی ترک را هی خاموش کی اگر مضاحک دگر گویم قبات تنگ آید
- How the tailor said to the Turk, “Hey, hold your tongue: if I tell any more funny stories the coat will be (too) tight for you.”