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هر زدن بهر نوازش را بود ** هر گله از شکر آگه می‌کند
- Every blow is for the sake of fondness; every complaint makes (thee) aware of gratitude (due for benefits received).
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بوی بر از جزو تا کل ای کریم ** بوی بر از ضد تا ضد ای حکیم
- Smell (all the way) from the part to the Whole, O noble one; smell (all the way) from opposite to opposite, O wise one.
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جنگها می آشتی آرد درست ** مار گیر از بهر یاری مار جست
- Assuredly wars bring peace; the snake-catcher sought the snake for the purpose of friendship.
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بهر یاری مار جوید آدمی ** غم خورد بهر حریف بی‌غمی
- Man seeks a snake for the purpose of friendship and cares for one that is without care (for him).
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او همی‌جستی یکی ماری شگرف ** گرد کوهستان و در ایام برف 995
- He (the snake-catcher) was searching for a big snake round about the mountains and in the days of snow.
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اژدهایی مرده دید آنجا عظیم ** که دلش از شکل او شد پر ز بیم
- He espied there a huge dead dragon, at the aspect whereof his heart was filled with fear.
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مارگیر اندر زمستان شدید ** مار می‌جست اژدهایی مرده دید
- (Whilst) the snake-catcher was looking for snakes in the hard winter, he espied a dead dragon.
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مارگیر از بهر حیرانی خلق ** مار گیرد اینت نادانی خلق
- The snake-catcher catches snakes in order to amaze the people—behold the foolishness of the people!
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آدمی کوهیست چون مفتون شود ** کوه اندر مار حیران چون شود
- Man is a mountain: how should he be led into temptation? How should a mountain become amazed at a snake?
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خویشتن نشناخت مسکین آدمی ** از فزونی آمد و شد در کمی 1000
- Wretched Man does not know himself: he has come from a high estate and fallen into lowlihood.