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بیا که ساقی گلچهره دست بر چنگ است
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بیا که ساقی گلچهره دست بر چنگ است

چمن ز باد بهاران جواب ارژنگ است

Come, for a saki with a rose-like face is playing on a lute. The air of spring has made the garden look as if it were a painting from Arzhang.

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حنا ز خون دل نو بهار می بندد

عروس لاله چه اندازه تشنه رنگ است

The tulip-bride has used for henna the beart’s blood of the spring. How greedily, how lustily, she hankers after colour!

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نگاه میرسد از نغمهٔ دل افروزی

به معنیی که برو جامهٔ سخن تنگ است

The eye can grasp, with the aid of a hearty song, a meaning that is too big for the garment of mere words.

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به چشم عشق نگر تا سراغ او گیری

جهان بچشم خرد سیمیا و نیرنگ است

Look with the eyes of Love so that you find some trace of Him. To reason’s eye the world is nothing but illusion and deceit.

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ز عشق درس عمل گیر و هر چه خواهی کن

که عشق جوهر هوش است و جان فرهنگ است

From Love learn how to act, and then do what you like; for Love is the quintessence of sagacity and sense.

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بلند تر ز سپهر است منزل من و تو

براه قافله خورشید میل فرسنگ است

Your final goal and mine are higher than the heavens. The sun is but a milestone on the highway of our caravan.

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ز خود گذشته ئی ای قطره محال اندیش

شدن به بحر و گهر برنخاستن ننگ است

You have surpassed yourself, O water-drop. It were a great shame to get to the sea, and then not come up as a pearl.

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تو قدر خویش ندانی بها ز تو گیرد

وگرنه لعل درخشنده پاره سنگ است

You do not know your worth. The shining ruby is a mere stone: it acquires its preciousness from you.

Sources

Persian text source: Ganjoor