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دم مزن تا بشنوی زان آفتاب ** آنچ نامد درکتاب و در خطاب
- Do not speak, so that thou mayst hear from the Sun that which came not into book or into allocution.
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دم مزن تا دم زند بهر تو روح ** آشنا بگذار در کشتی نوح
- Do not speak, so that the Spirit may speak for thee: in the ark of Noah leave off swimming!
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همچو کنعان کشنا می‌کرد او ** که نخواهم کشتی نوح عدو
- (Be not) like Canaan, who was swimming and saying, “I do not want the ark of Noah, (who is) my enemy.”
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هی بیا در کشتی بابا نشین ** تا نگردی غرق طوفان ای مهین
- (Noah said), “Hey, come and sit in thy father's ark, that thou mayst not be drowned in the Flood, O despicable one!”
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گفت نه من آشنا آموختم ** من بجز شمع تو شمع افروختم 1310
- He answered, “Nay, I have learned to swim: I have lighted a candle other than thy candle.”
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هین مکن کین موج طوفان بلاست ** دست و پا و آشنا امروز لاست
- (Noah said), “Beware! Do it not, for these waves are the Flood of tribulation; to-day hand and foot and swimming are naught.
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باد قهرست و بلای شمع کش ** جز که شمع حق نمی‌پاید خمش
- ’Tis the wind of vengeance and the woe that extinguishes the candle (of contrivance). No candle but God's is enduring. Be silent!”
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گفت نه رفتم برآن کوه بلند ** عاصمست آن که مرا از هر گزند
- He said, “Nay, I will go up that high mountain: that mountain will protect me from every hurt.”
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هین مکن که کوه کاهست این زمان ** جز حبیب خویش را ندهد امان
- (Noah said), “Beware! Do it not, for at this time the mountain is (but) a straw. He giveth safety to none except His beloved.”
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گفت من کی پند تو بشنوده‌ام ** که طمع کردی که من زین دوده‌ام 1315
- He answered, “When have I listened to thy advice, that thou shouldst hope (as thou didst) that I am of this family?