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4077-4086

  • بی ز مفتاح خرد این قرع باب  ** از هوا باشد نه از روی صواب 
  • Without (possession of) the key, namely, intelligence, this knocking at the door is prompted by self-will, not by right motives.

  • عالمی در دام می‌بین از هوا  ** وز جراحت‌های هم‌رنگ دوا 
  • See a whole world ensnared by self-will and by wounds (harmful things) that look like remedies (beneficial things).

  • مار استادست بر سینه چو مرگ  ** در دهانش بهر صید اشگرف برگ 
  • The snake, (terrible) as death, stands (raises itself) on its breast, with a big leaf in its mouth in order to catch its prey.

  • در حشایش چون حشیشی او بپاست  ** مرغ پندارد که او شاخ گیاست  4080
  • It stands erect, like a herb, amidst the herbage, (so that) the bird thinks it is the stalk of a plant.

  • چون نشیند بهر خور بر روی برگ  ** در فتد اندر دهان مار و مرگ 
  • When it (the bird) settles on the leaf for the purpose of eating, it falls into the mouth of the snake and (into the jaws of) death.

  • کرده تمساحی دهان خویش باز  ** گرد دندانهاش کرمان دراز 
  • A crocodile opens its mouth: its teeth are surrounded by long worms.

  • از بقیه‌ی خور که در دندانش ماند  ** کرم‌ها رویید و بر دندان نشاند 
  • The worms were produced by the residue of food left in its teeth; and it gave them lodging there.

  • مرغکان بینند کرم و قوت را  ** مرج پندارند آن تابوت را 
  • The little birds see the worms and the food and imagine that coffin to be a meadow.

  • چون دهان پر شد ز مرغ او ناگهان  ** در کشدشان و فرو بندد دهان  4085
  • When its mouth is filled with birds, it suddenly swallows them and closes its mouth (again).

  • این جهان پر ز نقل و پر ز نان  ** چون دهان باز آن تمساح دان 
  • Know that this world full of dessert (viands) and bread is like the open mouth of the crocodile.