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  • مشورت با نفس خویش اندر فعال ** هر چه گوید عکس آن باشد کمال‏ 2275
  • (When you take) counsel with your fleshly soul concerning (your) actions––whatsoever she tells (you to do), the reverse of that is perfectly right.

  • بر نیایی با وی و استیز او ** رو بر یاری بگیر آمیز او
  • (If) you cannot cope with her and her contumacy, go to a friend and mix with him.

  • عقل قوت گیرد از عقل دگر ** نی شکر کامل شود از نیشکر
  • Mind gains strength from another mind: the sugar-cane is made perfect by the sugar-cane.

  • من ز مکر نفس دیدم چیزها ** کاو برد از سحر خود تمییزها
  • I have seen (wondrous) things (arising) from the deceitfulness of the fleshly soul, for by her magic she takes away the faculties of discernment.

  • وعده‏ها بدهد ترا تازه به دست ** که هزاران بار آنها را شکست‏
  • She will proffer afresh to you promises that she has broken thousands of times.

  • عمر اگر صد سال خود مهلت دهد ** اوت هر روزی بهانه‏ی نو نهد 2280
  • If your life be prolonged even for a hundred years, she will lay before you a new pretext every day.

  • گرم گوید وعده‏های سرد را ** جادویی مردی ببندد مرد را
  • She utters cold (vain) promises (as though) warm (from the heart); (she is) a witch, she ties up the manhood of a man.

  • ای ضیاء الحق حسام الدین بیا ** که نروید بی‏تو از شوره گیا
  • O (thou who art the) radiance of God, Husámu’ddín, come! for without thee no herbs will grow from the brackish soil.

  • از فلک آویخته شد پرده‏ای ** از پی نفرین دل آزرده‏ای‏
  • A curtain has been let down from heaven because of the curse of one whose heart is sorely vexed.

  • این قضا را هم قضا داند علاج ** عقل خلقان در قضا گیج است گیج‏
  • This destiny only the (Divine) destiny can cure: the understanding of His creatures is stunned at His destiny, stunned.