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منکر بحرست و گوهرهای او ** کی بود حیوان در و پیرایه‌جو
- He disbelieves in the Sea and its pearls: how should an animal be a seeker of pearls and adornments?
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در سر حیوان خدا ننهاده است ** کو بود در بند لعل و درپرست
- God has not put it into the animal's head to be engrossed with rubies and devoted to pearls.
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مر خران را هیچ دیدی گوش‌وار ** گوش و هوش خر بود در سبزه‌زار
- Have you ever seen asses with ear-rings? The ear and mind of the ass are (set) on the meadow.
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احسن التقویم در والتین بخوان ** که گرامی گوهرست ای دوست جان 1005
- Read in (the Súra entitled) Wa’l-Tín (the words), (We created Man) in the best proportion, for the spirit, O friend, is a precious pearl.
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احسن التقویم از عرش او فزون ** احسن التقویم از فکرت برون
- (That spirit created) in the best proportion surpasses the empyrean: (that spirit created) in the best proportion is beyond (the range of) thought.
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گر بگویم قیمت این ممتنع ** من بسوزم هم بسوزد مستمع
- If I declare the value of this inaccessible (pearl), I shall be consumed, and the hearer too will be consumed.
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لب ببند اینجا و خر این سو مران ** رفت این صدیق سوی آن خران
- At this point close thy lips and proceed no further. This Siddíq went to those asses (the Jews).
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حلقه در زد چو در را بر گشود ** رفت بی‌خود در سرای آن جهود
- He knocked the door-ring, and when the Jew opened the door he (the Siddíq) went into his house, beside himself (with indignation).
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بی‌خود و سرمست و پر آتش نشست ** از دهانش بس کلام تلخ جست 1010
- He sat down, beside himself and furious and full of fire: from his mouth leaped many bitter words—
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کین ولی الله را چون می‌زنی ** این چه حقدست ای عدو روشنی
- “Why art thou beating this friend of God? What hatred is this, O enemy of the Light?