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کان فلانی یافت گنجی ناگهان ** من همان خواهم نه کار و نه دکان
- (Do not say to yourself), “So-and-so suddenly found a treasure; I would like the same: neither work nor shop (for me)!”
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کار بخت است آن و آن هم نادر است ** کسب باید کرد تا تن قادر است
- That (discovery of treasure) is Fortune's doing (a piece of luck), and moreover it is rare: one must earn a living so long as the body is able.
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کسب کردن گنج را مانع کی است ** پا مکش از کار آن خود در پی است 735
- How does earning a livelihood prevent the (discovery of) treasure? Do not retire from work: that (treasure), indeed, is (following) behind (the work).
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تا نگردی تو گرفتار اگر ** که اگر این کردمی یا آن دگر
- See that you are not made captive by “if,” saying, “If I had done this or the other (thing),”
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کز اگر گفتن رسول با وفاق ** منع کرد و گفت آن هست از نفاق
- For the sincere Prophet forbade (people) to say “if,” and said, “That is from hypocrisy”;
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کان منافق در اگر گفتن بمرد ** وز اگر گفتن بجز حسرت نبرد
- For the hypocrite died in saying “if,” and from saying “if” he won nothing but remorse.
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مثل
- Parable.
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آن غریبی خانه میجست از شتاب ** دوستی بردش سوی خانهی خراب
- A certain stranger was hastily seeking a house: a friend took him to a house in ruins.
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گفت او این را اگر سقفی بدی ** پهلوی من مر ترا مسکن شدی 740
- He said (to the stranger), “If this (house) had a roof, it would be a home for you beside me.
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هم عیال تو بیاسودی اگر ** در میانه داشتی حجرهی دگر
- Your family too would be comfortable, if it had another room in it.”
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گفت آری پهلوی یاران خوش است ** لیک ای جان در اگر نتوان نشست
- “Yes,” said he, “it is nice (to be) beside friends, but my dear soul, one cannot lodge in ‘if’.”