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زانک این نوری که اندر سافل است ** نیست دایم روز و شب او آفل است
- Because this light which is below is not lasting: it is sinking (every) day and night,
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وانک اندر قرص دارد باش و جا ** غرقه‌ی آن نور باشد دایما 3590
- While he that has his abode and dwelling-place in the (Divine) Orb is plunged in that Light continually.
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نه سحابش ره زند خود نه غروب ** وا رهید او از فراق سینه کوب
- Neither does cloud waylay him nor setting (of the sun): he is delivered from heart-wringing separation.
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این‌چنین کس اصلش از افلاک بود ** یا مبدل گشت گر از خاک بود
- Such a person's origin was from the heavens, or if he was of the earth, he has been transmuted,
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زانک خاکی را نباشد تاب آن ** که زند بر وی شعاعش جاودان
- Because a creature of earth cannot endure that its (the Sun's) beams should strike upon it everlastingly.
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گر زند بر خاک دایم تاب خور ** آنچنان سوزد که ناید زو ثمر
- If the radiance of the sun strike upon the earth continually, it will be burned in such wise that no fruits will come from it.
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دایم اندر آب کار ماهی است ** مار را با او کجا همراهی است 3595
- The business of the fish is always in the water: how has a snake the power of accompanying it (the fish) on its way?
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لیک در که مارهای پر فن‌اند ** اندرین یم ماهییها می‌کنند
- But in the mountain are artful snakes (who) perform the actions of fish in this Sea.
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مکرشان گر خلق را شیدا کند ** هم ز دریا تاسه‌شان رسوا کند
- Though their cunning make the people mad, still their aversion to the Sea exposes them (as hypocrites);
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واندرین یم ماهیان پر فن‌اند ** مار را از سحر ماهی می‌کنند
- And in this Sea are artful fish, (who) by magic turn snakes into fishes—