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گر ستانی پاره‌ای گریان شود ** پاره گر بازش دهی خندان شود
- If you take a piece away, he begins to weep; and if you give the piece back to him, he begins to laugh.
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چون نباشد طفل را دانش دثار ** گریه و خنده‌ش ندارد اعتبار
- Since the child is not endued with knowledge, his weeping and laughter have no importance.
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محتشم چون عاریت را ملک دید ** پس بر آن مال دروغین می‌طپید
- Inasmuch as the magnate regarded that which is (only) a loan as (his) property, he was quivering (with anxiety) for that false wealth.
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خواب می‌بیند که او را هست مال ** ترسد از دزدی که برباید جوال 2640
- He dreams that he has wealth and is afraid of the thief who may carry off his sack (of gold).
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چون ز خوابش بر جهاند گوش‌کش ** پس ز ترس خویش تسخر آیدش
- When Death pulls his ear and makes him start up from slumber, then he falls to mocking at his fears.
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همچنان لرزانی این عالمان ** که بودشان عقل و علم این جهان
- Even such (is) the trembling of these learned scholars who have the intelligence and knowledge of this world.
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از پی این عاقلان ذو فنون ** گفت ایزد در نبی لا یعلمون
- On account of these accomplished (and) intelligent men, God said in the Qur’án, They do not know.
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هر یکی ترسان ز دزدی کسی ** خویشتن را علم پندارد بسی
- Each (of them) is afraid of some one's stealing (his time): he fancies that he possesses a great deal of knowledge.
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گوید او که روزگارم می‌برند ** خود ندارد روزگار سودمند 2645
- He says, “They are wasting my time,” (but) in truth he has no time that is profitable.
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گوید از کارم بر آوردند خلق ** غرق بی‌کاریست جانش تابه حلق
- He says, “The people have taken me away from my work,” (but) his soul is plunged in idleness up to the throat.