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1499-1508

  • ز انکه لقمان را مراد این بود تا ** کس نداند سر آن شیر و فتی‏
  • Because it was Luqmán's desire (to remain a slave), in order that none might know the secret of that brave and generous youth.

  • چه عجب گر سر ز بد پنهان کنی ** این عجب که سر ز خود پنهان کنی‏ 1500
  • What wonder (is it) if you hide your secret from the evil (one)? The wonder is this, that you should hide the secret from yourself.

  • کار پنهان کن تو از چشمان خود ** تا بود کارت سلیم از چشم بد
  • Hide your work from your own eyes, that your work may be safe from the evil eye.

  • خویش را تسلیم کن بر دام مزد ** و انگه از خود بی‏ز خود چیزی بدزد
  • Yield yourself up to the snare of the (Divine) reward, and then, (being) beside yourself, steal something from yourself.

  • می‏دهند افیون به مرد زخم‏مند ** تا که پیکان از تنش بیرون کنند
  • They give opium to the wounded man, in order that they may extract the point (of a spear or arrow) from his body.

  • وقت مرگ از رنج او را می‏درند ** او بدان مشغول شد جان می‏برند
  • At the hour of death he is torn with pain; he becomes preoccupied with that, and (meanwhile) his spirit (life) is taken away.

  • چون به هر فکری که دل خواهی سپرد ** از تو چیزی در نهان خواهند برد 1505
  • Inasmuch as, to whatsoever thought you give up your mind, something will secretly be taken away from you,

  • هر چه اندیشی و تحصیلی کنی ** می‏درآید دزد از آن سو کایمنی‏
  • Whatsoever acquisition you may make, O solicitous one, the thief will enter from the side where you feel safe,

  • پس بدان مشغول شو کان بهتر است ** تا ز تو چیزی برد کان بهتر است‏
  • Become occupied, therefore, with that which is better, in order that the thief may take away from you something that is less (in worth).

  • بار بازرگان چو در آب اوفتد ** دست اندر کاله‏ی بهتر زند
  • When the trader's bales fall into the water, he lays his hands upon the better merchandise.