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  • جنس چیزی چون ندید ادراک او ** نشنود ادراک منکرناک او
  • Inasmuch as its (the embryo's) perception has not seen anything of the kind, its incredulous perception would not listen (to the truth);

  • همچنانک خلق عام اندر جهان ** زان جهان ابدال می‌گویندشان
  • Just as in this world the Abdál speak of that (other) world to the common folk,

  • کین جهان چاهیست بس تاریک و تنگ ** هست بیرون عالمی بی بو و رنگ
  • Saying, “This world is an exceeding dark and narrow pit; outside is a world without scent or colour”:

  • هیچ در گوش کسی زیشان نرفت ** کین طمع آمد حجاب ژرف و زفت 65
  • Naught (of their words) entered into the ear of a single one of them, for this (sensual) desire is a barrier huge and stout.

  • گوش را بندد طمع از استماع ** چشم را بندد غرض از اطلاع
  • Desire closes the ear (and hinders it) from hearing; self-interest closes the eye (and hinders it) from beholding,

  • همچنانک آن جنین را طمع خون ** کان غذای اوست در اوطان دون
  • Even as, in the case of the embryo, desire for the blood which is its nourishment in the low abodes

  • از حدیث این جهان محجوب کرد ** غیر خون او می‌نداند چاشت خورد
  • Debarred it from (hearkening to) the news of this world: it knows no breakfast but blood.

  • قصه‌ی خورندگان پیل‌بچه از حرص و ترک نصیحت ناصح
  • Story of those who ate the young elephant from greed and because they neglected the advice of the sincere counsellor.

  • آن شنیدی تو که در هندوستان ** دید دانایی گروهی دوستان
  • Hast thou heard that in India a sage espied a party of friends?

  • گرسنه مانده شده بی‌برگ و عور ** می‌رسیدند از سفر از راه دور 70
  • Left hungry, lacking provisions, and naked, they were coming from travel on a far road.

  • مهر داناییش جوشید و بگفت ** خوش سلامیشان و چون گلبن شکفت
  • His wisdom's love was stirred (within him), and he gave them a fair greeting and blossomed like a rose-bush.