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وان دگر سوراخ کردی پهلوش ** از جماعت گم شدی بیرون شوش
- And another make a hole in her side: there would be no way of escape for her from the united party.
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لیک جمعیت ندارد جان موش ** بجهد از جانش به بانگ گربه هوش 3050
- But the soul of the mouse has no collectedness: at the miaul of a cat (all) its wits fly out of its soul.
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خشک گردد موش زان گربه‌ی عیار ** گر بود اعداد موشان صد هزار
- The mouse is paralysed by the wily cat, (even) if the numbers of the mice amount to a hundred thousand.
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از رمه‌ی انبه چه غم قصاب را ** انبهی هش چه بندد خواب را
- What cares the butcher for the numerous flock (of sheep)? How can abundance of consciousness prevent (the approach of) slumber?
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مالک الملک است جمعیت دهد ** شیر را تا بر گله‌ی گوران جهد
- He (God) is the Lord of the kingdom: He gives collectedness to the lion, so that he springs on the herd of onagers.
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صد هزاران گور ده‌شاخ و دلیر ** چون عدم باشند پیش صول شیر
- A hundred thousand savage and courageous onagers are as naught before the onset of the lion.
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مالک الملک است بدهد ملک حسن ** یوسفی را تا بود چون ماء مزن 3055
- He is the Lord of the kingdom: He gives to a Joseph the kingdom of Beauty, so that he is (lovely) as the water of white clouds.
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در رخی بنهد شعاع اختری ** که شود شاهی غلام دختری
- He bestows upon one face the radiance of a star, so that a king becomes the slave of a girl.
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بنهد اندر روی دیگر نور خود ** که ببیند نیم‌شب هر نیک و بد
- He bestows upon another face His own Light, so that at midnight it sees everything good and evil.
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یوسف و موسی ز حق بردند نور ** در رخ و رخسار و در ذات الصدور
- Joseph and Moses fetched light from God into their cheeks and countenances and into their inmost bosoms.