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1434-1443

  • از پس آیینه می‌آموزدش  ** ورنه ناموزد جز از جنس خودش 
  • He is teaching it behind the mirror; otherwise (it would not talk, for) it does not learn except from its congeners.

  • گفت را آموخت زان مرد هنر  ** لیک از معنی و سرش بی‌خبر  1435
  • It (really) learned to talk from that accomplished man, but it is ignorant of his meaning and mystery.

  • از بشر بگرفت منطق یک به یک  ** از بشر جز این چه داند طوطیک 
  • It received speech, word by word, from Man; (but) what should the little parrot know of Man except this?

  • هم‌چنان در آینه‌ی جسم ولی  ** خویش را بیند مردی ممتلی 
  • Similarly, the disciple full (of egoism) sees himself in the mirror of the Shaykh's body.

  • از پس آیینه عقل کل را  ** کی ببیند وقت گفت و ماجرا 
  • How should he see Universal Reason behind the mirror at the time of speech and discourse?

  • او گمان دارد که می‌گوید بشر  ** وان گر سرست و او زان بی‌خبر 
  • He supposes that a man is speaking; and the other (Universal Reason) is a mystery of which he is ignorant.

  • حرف آموزد ولی سر قدیم  ** او نداند طوطی است او نی ندیم  1440
  • He learns the words, but the eternal mystery he cannot know, for he is a parrot, not a boon-companion.

  • هم صفیر مرغ آموزند خلق  ** کین سخن کار دهان افتاد و حلق 
  • Likewise, people learn the note of birds, for this speech (of birds) is an affair of the mouth and throat;

  • لیک از معنی مرغان بی‌خبر  ** جز سلیمان قرانی خوش‌نظر 
  • But (all are) ignorant of the birds' meaning, except an august Solomon of goodly insight.

  • حرف درویشان بسی آموختند  ** منبر و محفل بدان افروختند 
  • Many learned the language of (true) dervishes and gave lustre therewith to the pulpit and assembly-place.