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2067-2076

  • هر که او اندر نظر موصول شد ** این خبرها پیش او معزول شد
  • Whoever has been caused to attain unto sight, before him these matters of hearsay are idle.

  • چونک با معشوق گشتی همنشین ** دفع کن دلالگان را بعد ازین
  • When you have sat down beside your beloved, after this banish the dallálas (the old women who act as go-betweens).

  • هر که از طفلی گذشت و مرد شد ** نامه و دلاله بر وی سرد شد
  • When any one has passed beyond childhood and has become a man, the letter and the dallála become irksome to him.

  • نامه خواند از پی تعلیم را ** حرف گوید از پی تفهیم را 2070
  • He reads letters, (but only) for the purpose of teaching (others); he utters words, (but only) for the purpose of making (others) understand.

  • پیش بینایان خبر گفتن خطاست ** کان دلیل غفلت و نقصان ماست
  • ’Tis wrong to speak by hearsay in the presence of those who see (who are endowed with vision), for it is a proof of our heedlessness and deficiency.

  • پیش بینا شد خموشی نفع تو ** بهر این آمد خطاب انصتوا
  • In the presence of the seer silence is to your advantage: on this account came (from God) the allocution, Be ye silent.

  • گر بفرماید بگو بر گوی خوش ** لیک اندک گو دراز اندر مکش
  • If he (the seer) bid you speak, speak gladly, but say little and do not draw out (your words) to length;

  • ور بفرماید که اندر کش دراز ** هم‌چنان شرمین بگو با امر ساز
  • And if he bid you draw them out to length, speak with the same modesty (as before) and comply with his command,

  • همچنین که من درین زیبا فسون ** با ضیاء الحق حسام‌الدین کنون 2075
  • Even as I (am complying) now, in this goodly enchantment (this enchanting poem), with (the command of) Ziyá’u ’l-Haqq (the Radiance of God) Husámu’ddín.

  • چونک کوته می‌کنم من از رشد ** او به صد نوعم بگفتن می‌کشد
  • When I am cutting short (my discourse) concerning (the Way of) righteousness, he draws me on to speak by a hundred kinds (of contrivance).