هر که می‌آمد ز ده از سوی او ** بوسه می‌دادند خوش بر روی او565
(And) they would kiss joyfully the face of any one who came from the country, from his (the countryman’s) neighbourhood,
گر تو روی یار ما را دیده‌ای ** پس تو جان را جان و ما را دیده‌ای
Saying, “You have seen the face of our friend, therefore to the (beloved) Soul you are (as) the soul, and to us (as) the eye.”
نواختن مجنون آن سگ را کی مقیم کوی لیلی بود
How Majnún petted the dog that lived in Layla's abode.
همچو مجنون کو سگی را می‌نواخت ** بوسه‌اش می‌داد و پیشش می‌گداخت
(They behaved) like Majnún, who was (seen) petting a dog and kissing it and melting (with fondness) before it:
گرد او می‌گشت خاضع در طواف ** هم جلاب شکرش می‌داد صاف
He was pacing round it, stooping humbly in circumambulation; he was also giving it pure sugar-julep (to drink).
بوالفضولی گفت ای مجنون خام ** این چه شیدست این که می‌آری مدام
An idle talker said, “O half-baked Majnún, what hypocrisy is this that thou art always displaying?
پوز سگ دایم پلیدی می‌خورد ** مقعد خود را بلب می‌استرد570
A dog's muzzle is ever eating filth; a dog scrapes its séant with its lips.”
عیبهای سگ بسی او بر شمرد ** عیب‌دان از غیب‌دان بویی نبرد
He recounted the dog's faults at some length: no one who perceives faults (‘aybdán) has got (even) a scent (inkling) of him that knows the things unseen (ghaybdán).
گفت مجنون تو همه نقشی و تن ** اندر آ و بنگرش از چشم من
Majnún said, “Thou art entirely (external) form and body: come within, and view it (the dog) through my eyes;
کین طلسم بسته‌ی مولیست این ** پاسبان کوچه‌ی لیلیست این
For this (dog) is a talisman sealed by (the hand of) the Lord: this (dog) is the guardian of the abode of Laylá.
همنشین بین و دل و جان و شناخت ** کو کجا بگزید و مسکن‌گاه ساخت
Look at its high aspiration and its heart and soul and knowledge; (consider) where it chose (to live) and made its dwelling-place.