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(۱۴) گفتار شیخ در درآمدن دولت / (14) The Discourse of the Sheikh on the Arrival of Fortune

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به شیخی گفت مردی کای نکوکار
چه خواهی کرد اگر دولت بود یار

چنین گفت او که گر دولت درآید
بگوید آنچه شاید و آنچه باید

هر آنکس را که دولت یار باشد
همان دولت درو در کار باشد

English translation

A man said to a sheikh, 'O benefactor, what will you do if fortune is your friend?' He replied thus, 'If fortune arrives, it will say what is suitable and what is necessary. Whosoever has fortune as a companion, that very fortune will be at work within him.'

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