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  • از نزاع ترک و رومی و عرب ** حل نشد اشکال انگور و عنب‏
  • The difficulty over angúr and ‘inab was not solved by the contest between the Turk, the Greek, and the Arab.

  • تا سلیمان لسین معنوی ** در نیاید بر نخیزد این دوی‏
  • Until the spiritual Solomon, skilled in tongues, shall intervene, this duality will not disappear.

  • جمله مرغان منازع بازوار ** بشنوید این طبل باز شهریار
  • O all ye wrangling birds, hearken, like the falcon, to this falcon-drum of the King.

  • ز اختلاف خویش سوی اتحاد ** هین ز هر جانب روان گردید شاد
  • Hark, from every quarter set out with joy, (flying away) from your diversity towards oneness.

  • حیث ما کنتم فولوا وجهکم ** نحوه هذا الذی لم ینهکم‏ 3745
  • Wheresoever ye be, turn your faces towards it: this is the thing which He hath not forbidden unto you (at any time).

  • کور مرغانیم و بس ناساختیم ** کان سلیمان را دمی نشناختیم‏
  • Blind birds are we and very inept, in that we have not once recognised that Solomon.

  • همچو جغدان دشمن بازان شدیم ** لاجرم وامانده‏ی ویران شدیم‏
  • Like the owls, we have become hostile to the falcons: consequently we are left behind (to dwell) in the place of ruin.

  • می‏کنیم از غایت جهل و عما ** قصد آزار عزیزان خدا
  • Because of (our) extreme ignorance and blindness we are seeking to hurt those honoured of God.

  • جمع مرغان کز سلیمان روشنند ** پر و بال بی‏گنه کی بر کنند
  • How should the flock of birds which are enlightened by Solomon tear out the wings and plumes of the innocent?

  • بلکه سوی عاجزان چینه کشند ** بی‏خلاف و کینه آن مرغان خوشند 3750
  • Nay, they would bring grain to the helpless ones: gentle are those birds and without pugnacity or hatred.