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  • بر یکی قندست و بر دیگر چو زهر  ** بر یکی لطفست و بر دیگر چو قهر 
  • It is (sweet as) candy for one and (bitter) as poison for another: it is (beautiful as) mercy for one and (terrible) as wrath for another.

  • هر جمادی با نبی افسانه‌گو  ** کعبه با حاجی گواه و نطق‌خو 
  • Every inanimate thing tells a tale to the Prophet: the Ka‘ba testifies to the pilgrim and is eloquent (on his behalf).

  • بر مصلی مسجد آمد هم گواه  ** کو همی‌آمد به من از دور راه  4290
  • The mosque, too, bears witness to him who performs the ritual prayer, saying, “He came a long way to (visit) me.”

  • با خلیل آتش گل و ریحان و ورد  ** باز بر نمرودیان مرگست و درد 
  • The fire is (like) flowers and sweet basils and roses to (one like) Khalíl (Abraham); to those like Nimrod, on the contrary, it is death and anguish.

  • بارها گفتیم این را ای حسن  ** می‌نگردم از بیانش سیر من 
  • We have said this many a time, O Hasan: I will never be weary of setting it forth.

  • بارها خوردی تو نان دفع ذبول  ** این همان نانست چون نبوی ملول 
  • Many a time have you eaten bread to prevent (yourself from) getting thin: ’tis the same bread: why are not you surfeited?

  • در تو جوعی می‌رسد تو ز اعتلال  ** که همی‌سوزد ازو تخمه و ملال 
  • (Because), in normal health, a new hunger comes to you, by which indigestion and satiety are consumed.

  • هرکه را درد مجاعت نقد شد  ** نو شدن با جزو جزوش عقد شد  4295
  • When one actually feels the pangs of hunger, a (sense of) refreshment is associated with every part (of the body).

  • لذت از جوعست نه از نقل نو  ** با مجاعت از شکر به نان جو 
  • The pleasure (of eating) is (derived) from hunger, not from new dessert (viands): hunger makes barley-bread more delicious than sugar.

  • پس ز بی‌جوعیست وز تخمه‌ی تمام  ** آن ملالت نه ز تکرار کلام 
  • That weariness, then, is caused by lack of hunger (ardour) and complete (spiritual) indigestion, not by repetition of the discourse.