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عقل تو از آفتابی بیش نیست ** اندر آن فکری که نهی آمد مهایست
- Thy reason is not superior to a sun: do not stay in (dally with) a thought that has been forbidden.
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کژ منه ای عقل تو هم گام خویش ** تا نیاید آن خسوف رو به پیش 935
- O Reason, do not thou too step crookedly, lest that eclipse of (the bright) face befall (thee).
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چون گنه کمتر بود نیم آفتاب ** منکسف بینی و نیمی نورتاب
- When (thy) sin is less, thou wilt see half the sun eclipsed and half radiant,
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که به قدر جرم میگیرم ترا ** این بود تقریر در داد و جزا
- For I punish thee in proportion to thy sin: this is the principle laid down for justice and retribution.
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خواه نیک و خواه بد فاش و ستیر ** بر همه اشیا سمیعیم و بصیر
- Whether (thou art) good or bad or open or secret, I am He that overheareth and overseeth all things.”
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زین گذر کن ای پدر نوروز شد ** خلق از خلاق خوش پدفوز شد
- Leave this topic, O father: New Year's Day is come: the creatures have had their mouths made sweet by the Creator.
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باز آمد آب جان در جوی ما ** باز آمد شاه ما در کوی ما 940
- The spiritual Water (of Life) has returned into our river-bed, our King has returned into our street.
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میخرامد بخت و دامن میکشد ** نوبت توبه شکستن میزند
- Fortune is strutting and (proudly) trailing her skirt and beating the drums (as a signal) to break vows of repentance.
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توبه را بار دگر سیلاب برد ** فرصت آمد پاسبان را خواب برد
- Once more the flood-water has swept repentance away: the opportunity has arrived, the watchman is overcome by sleep.
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هر خماری مست گشت و باده خورد ** رخت را امشب گرو خواهیم کرد
- Every toper has drunk the wine and is intoxicated: to-night we will pawn all our belongings.