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1508-1517

  • پیش از آن کز دست سرمایه شدی  ** عاقبت معیوب بیرون آمدی 
  • Ere the stock-in-trade should go out of my hands and finally come forth (be exposed) as defective.

  • مال رفته عمر رفته ای نسیب  ** ماه و جان داده پی کاله‌ی معیب 
  • My wealth was (all but) gone, my life was (all but) gone, O man of noble lineage: I had (all but) given away my wealth and life for damaged goods.

  • رخت دادم زر قلبی بستدم  ** شاد شادان سوی خانه می‌شدم  1510
  • I sold my merchandise, I received base gold: I was going home in great jubilation.

  • شکر کین زر قلب پیدا شد کنون  ** پیش از آنک عمر بگذشتی فزون 
  • Thanks (to God) that this gold was shown to be base now, before too much of my life had passed.

  • قلب ماندی تا ابد در گردنم  ** حیف بودی عمر ضایع کردنم 
  • The base coin would have remained (as a shackle) on my neck for ever: to waste my life (thus) would have been an iniquity.

  • چون بگه‌تر قلبی او رو نمود  ** پای خود زو وا کشم من زود زود 
  • Since its (the coin's) baseness has been revealed earlier (in good time), I will step back from it very quickly.”

  • یار تو چون دشمنی پیدا کند  ** گر حقد و رشک او بیرون زند 
  • When your friend displays enmity (and when) the itch of his hatred and jealousy shoots forth (manifests itself),

  • تو از آن اعراض او افغان مکن  ** خویشتن را ابله و نادان مکن  1515
  • Do not bewail his aversion, do not make yourself (do not let yourself behave as) a fool and ignoramus;

  • بلک شکر حق کن و نان بخش کن  ** که نگشتی در جوال او کهن 
  • Nay, thank God and give bread (alms), (in gratitude) that you have not become old (and rotten) in his sack,

  • از جوالش زود بیرون آمدی  ** تا بجویی یار صدق سرمدی 
  • (But) have quickly come out of his sack to seek the true Eternal Friend,