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  • هم‌چنین دیده جهات اندر جهات ** در پی هم تا رسی در برد و مات
  • Even so (proceed), having perceived reasons within reasons, one after the other, in order that you may arrive at victory and checkmate.
  • اول از بهر دوم باشد چنان ** که شدن بر پایه‌های نردبان
  • The first is for the sake of the second, like mounting on the steps of a ladder;
  • و آن دوم بهر سوم می‌دان تمام ** تا رسی تو پایه پایه تا به بام
  • And deem the second to be for the sake of the third, (and so on) to the end, in order that you may arrive, step by step, at the roof.
  • شهوت خوردن ز بهر آن منی ** آن منی از بهر نسل و روشنی
  • The desire to eat is for the sake of the semen: that semen is for the sake of procreation and the light (which glows in the eyes of parents).
  • کندبینش می‌نبیند غیر این ** عقل او بی‌سیر چون نبت زمین 2895
  • The man of dull sight sees naught but this: his intelligence is without motion, like the plants of the earth.
  • نبت را چه خوانده چه ناخوانده ** هست پای او به گل در مانده
  • Whether the plant is summoned (to move) or not summoned, its foot remains stuck fast in the mud.
  • گر سرش جنبد پیر باد رو ** تو به سر جنبانیش غره مشو
  • If its head move with the motion of the wind, go, be not deceived by its moving its head.
  • آن سرش گوید سمعنا ای صبا ** پای او گوید عصینا خلنا
  • Its head says, “We obey, O zephyr!” Its foot says, “We refuse to obey: let us alone!”
  • چون ندارد سیر می‌راند چون عام ** بر توکل می‌نهد چون کور گام
  • Since he (the man of dull sight) does not know how to move (on the Way to God), he advances like the vulgar, stepping (forward) on trust, like a blind man.
  • بر توکل تا چه آید در نبرد ** چون توکل کردن اصحاب نرد 2900
  • Consider what comes of acting on trust in warfare: (it is vain) like the trust of dice-players.