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5
425-434

  • لیک لعب بازگونه بود سخت  ** پیش پای هر شقی و نیکبخت  425
  • But ’twas a very topsy-turvy (mystifying) game in the path of every one doomed to perdition or blessed with salvation.

  • هر که در آتش همی رفت و شرر  ** از میان آب بر می‌کرد سر 
  • Whoever went into the fire and sparks was emerging from the midst of the water;

  • هر که سوی آب می‌رفت از میان  ** او در آتش یافت می‌شد در زمان 
  • Whoever went from the middle towards the water, he was at once found to be in the fire;

  • هر که سوی راست شد و آب زلال  ** سر ز آتش بر زد از سوی شمال 
  • Whoever went towards the right (hand) and the limpid water would put forth his head from the fire on the left;

  • وانک شد سوی شمال آتشین  ** سر برون می‌کرد از سوی یمین 
  • And he who went towards the fiery left, would emerge on the right.

  • کم کسی بر سر این مضمر زدی  ** لاجرم کم کس در آن آتش شدی  430
  • Few were they who hit upon (understood) the mystery of this occult (matter); consequently, seldom would any one go into the fire;

  • جز کسی که بر سرش اقبال ریخت  ** کو رها کرد آب و در آتش گریخت 
  • (None would go) except him upon whom felicity was shed, so that he abandoned the water and took refuge in the fire.

  • کرده ذوق نقد را معبود خلق  ** لاجرم زین لعب مغبون بود خلق 
  • The people made the pleasure that was actually present their object of worship; consequently the people were swindled by this game.

  • جوق‌جوق وصف صف از حرص و شتاب  ** محترز ز آتش گریزان سوی آب 
  • Troop by troop and rank by rank, (they were) on their guard against the fire and fleeing greedily and in haste towards the water.

  • لاجرم ز آتش برآوردند سر  ** اعتبارالاعتبار ای بی‌خبر 
  • Of necessity, they lifted up their heads (emerged) from (amidst) the fire. Take warning, take warning, O heedless man!