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او توست اما نه این تو آن توست ** که در آخر واقف بیرون‌شوست
- He (the prophet) is thou, but not this (unreal) “thou”: (he is) that “thou” which in the end is conscious of escape (from the world of illusion).
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توی آخر سوی توی اولت ** آمدست از بهر تنبیه و صلت 3775
- Thy last (unreal) “thou” has come to thy first (real) “thou” to receive admonition and gifts.
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توی تو در دیگری آمد دفین ** من غلام مرد خودبینی چنین
- Thy (real) “thou” is buried in another (unreal “thou”): I am the (devoted) slave of a man who thus (truly) sees himself.
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آنچ در آیینه می‌بیند جوان ** پیر اندر خشت بیند بیش از آن
- That which the youth sees in the mirror the Elder sees beforehand in the (crude iron) brick.
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ز امر شاه خویش بیرون آمدیم ** با عنایات پدر یاغی شدیم
- (The princes said), “We have transgressed the command of our King, we have rebelled against the favours of our father.
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سهل دانستیم قول شاه را ** وان عنایت‌های بی اشباه را
- We have lightly esteemed the King's word and those incomparable favours.
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نک در افتادیم در خندق همه ** کشته و خسته‌ی بلا بی ملحمه 3780
- Lo, we all are fallen into the moat, killed and wounded by affliction without combat.
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تکیه بر عقل خود و فرهنگ خویش ** بودمان تا این بلا آمد به پیش
- We relied on our own intelligence and wisdom, so that this tribulation has come to pass.
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بی‌مرض دیدیم خویش و بی ز رق ** آنچنان که خویش را بیمار دق
- We regarded ourselves as being without disease and emancipated (from fear of death), just as one suffering from phthisis regards himself.
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علت پنهان کنون شد آشکار ** بعد از آنک بند گشتیم و شکار
- Now, after we have been made prisoners and a prey, the hidden malady has become apparent.”