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2423-2432

  • آن که از نازش دل و جان خون بود ** چون که آید در نیاز او چون بود
  • She from whose disdain thy heart and soul are bleeding, how will it be when she turns to entreaty?
  • آن که در جور و جفایش دام ماست ** عذر ما چه بود چو او در عذر خاست‌‌
  • She in whose tyranny and cruelty we are snared, what plea shall we have when she rises to plead?
  • زين للناس حق آراسته ست ** ز آن چه حق آراست چون دانند جست‌‌ 2425
  • (The love of desired things, women, etc.) is decked out for men (made attractive to them): God has arranged it: how can they escape from what God has arranged?
  • چون پی یسکن الیهاش آفرید ** کی تواند آدم از حوا برید
  • Inasmuch as He created her (the woman) that he (Adam) might take comfort in her, how can Adam be parted from Eve?
  • رستم زال ار بود وز حمزه بیش ** هست در فرمان اسیر زال خویش‌‌
  • Though he (the husband) be Rustam son of Zál and greater than Hamza (in valour), as regards authority he is his old woman's (his wife's) captive.
  • آن که عالم مست گفتش آمدی ** کلمینی یا حمیراء می‌‌زدی‌‌
  • He (the Prophet), by whose words the (whole) world was intoxicated, used to cry, “Speak to me, O Humayrá!”
  • آب غالب شد بر آتش از نهیب ** آتشش جوشد چو باشد در حجاب‌‌
  • The water prevailed over (extinguished) the fire by its dread onset, (but) the fire makes it seethe when it (the water) is screened (hidden in the cauldron).
  • چون که دیگی حایل آید هر دو را ** نیست کرد آن آب را کردش هوا 2430
  • When a cauldron comes between them both, it (the fire) annihilates the water and converts it into air.
  • ظاهرا بر زن چو آب ار غالبی ** باطنا مغلوب و زن را طالبی‌‌
  • If outwardly thou art dominating thy wife, like the (fire-quenching) water, (yet) inwardly thou art dominated and art seeking (the love of) thy wife.
  • این چنین خاصیتی در آدمی است ** مهر حیوان را کم است آن از کمی است‌‌
  • This is characteristic of Man (alone): to the (other) animals love is wanting, and that (want of love) arises from (their) inferiority (to Man).
  • در بیان این خبر که انهن یغلبن العاقل و یغلبهن الجاهل‌‌
  • Explanation of the Tradition, “Verily, they (women) prevail over the wise man, and the ignorant man prevails over them.”