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وعده دادی شهری او را دفع حال ** تا بر آمد بعد وعده هشت سال 245
- The townsman was (always) putting him off with promises, until eight years had elapsed since the (first) promise (was given).
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او بهر سالی همی‌گفتی که کی ** عزم خواهی کرد کامد ماه دی
- Every year he (the countryman) would say, “When will you set out on the journey?—for the month of December is (already) come,”
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او بهانه ساختی کامسال‌مان ** از فلان خطه بیامد میهمان
- And he (the townsman) would make an excuse, saying, “This year we have a guest who has come from such and such a district;
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سال دیگر گر توانم وا رهید ** از مهمات آن طرف خواهم دوید
- (But) next year I will run (down) to that part (of the country), if I can escape from the pressing affairs (which keep me at home).”
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گفت هستند آن عیالم منتظر ** بهر فرزندان تو ای اهل بر
- He (the countryman) said, “My family are (anxiously) expecting your children, O benefactor.”
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باز هر سالی چو لکلک آمدی ** تا مقیم قبه‌ی شهری شدی 250
- Every year he was coming back, like the stork, to reside in the townsman's pavilion,
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خواجه هر سالی ز زر و مال خویش ** خرج او کردی گشادی بال خویش
- And every year the Khwája would expend his gold and wealth upon him and open his wings (wide).
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آخرین کرت سه ماه آن پهلوان ** خوان نهادش بامدادان و شبان
- On the last occasion, that paladin set dishes (of food) before him at morn and eve for three months.
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از خجالت باز گفت او خواجه را ** چند وعده چند بفریبی مرا
- From shame he again said to the Khwája, “How long (nothing but) promises? How long will you deceive me?”
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گفت خواجه جسم و جانم وصل‌جوست ** لیک هر تحویل اندر حکم هوست
- The Khwája said, “My body and soul are eager for the meeting, but every change depends on the decree of Him (God).