#1
جهانجوی چون شد سرافراز و گرد
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سپه را بدشمن نشاید سپرد
“When a world-conqueror grows proud and valiant, he must never entrust his army to an enemy.”
#2
سرشک اندر آید بمژگان ز رشک
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سرشکی که درمان نداند پزشک
“Envy brings tears to the eyelashes—a weeping for which no physician knows a cure.”
#3
کسی کز نژاد بزرگان بود
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به بیشی بماند سترگ آن بود
“He who comes from the line of the great, yet remains obsessed with excessive desire, grows formidable in malice.”
#4
چو بی‌کام دل بنده باید بدن
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بکام کسی داستانها زدن
“When such a man is forced into servitude against his heart's desire, he speaks stories only to serve his own ends.”
#5
سپهبد چو خواند ورا دوستدار
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نباشد خرد با دلش سازگار
“If the commander considers such an ill-wisher a friend, wisdom has been severed from his heart.”
#6
گرش زآرزو بازدارد سپهر
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همان آفرینش نخواند بمهر
“If the heavens withhold his desires, he turns his back on creation and ceases to view the world with love.”
#7
ورا هیچ خوبی نخواهد به دل
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شود آرزوهای او دلگسل
“He wishes no goodness in his heart for the leader, and all his hopes become bitter and heart-breaking.”
#8
و دیگر کش از بن نباشد خرد
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خردمندش از مردمان نشمرد
“And as for one who lacks wisdom from the very root, the wise will never count him among human beings.”
#9
چو این داستان سربسر بشنوی
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ببینی سر مایهٔ بدخوی
“When you listen to this tale from beginning to end, you shall behold the ultimate fountainhead of evil nature.”