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  • حاصل آن شه نیک او را می‌نواخت  ** او از آن خورشید چون مه می‌گداخت 
  • In short, the King cherished him (the prince) fondly, and in (the beams of) that Sun he was melting away like the moon.

  • آن گداز عاشقان باشد نمو  ** هم‌چو مه اندر گدازش تازه‌رو 
  • The melting (wasting) away of lovers is (the cause of their spiritual) growth: like the moon, he (the lover) hath a fresh (shining) face whilst he is melting away.

  • جمله رنجوران دوا دارند امید  ** نالد این رنجور کم افزون کنید 
  • All the sick hope to be cured, but this sick one sobs, crying, “Increase my sickness!

  • خوش‌تر از این سم ندیدم شربتی  ** زین مرض خوش‌تر نباشد صحتی 
  • I have found no drink sweeter than this poison: no state of health can be sweeter than this disease.

  • زین گنه بهتر نباشد طاعتی  ** سالها نسبت بدین دم ساعتی  4600
  • No act of piety can be better than this sin: years in comparison with this moment are (but) an hour.”

  • مدتی بد پیش این شه زین نسق  ** دل کباب و جان نهاده بر طبق 
  • In this fashion he remained with this King for a long while, his heart (roasted like) kabáb and his soul laid on the tray (of self-devotion).

  • گفت شه از هر کسی یک سر برید  ** من ز شه هر لحظه قربانم جدید 
  • He said, “The King beheads every one once, (but) I am sacrificed anew by the King at every instant.

  • من فقیرم از زر از سر محتشم  ** صد هزاران سر خلف دارد سرم 
  • I am poor in gold, but rich in heads (lives): my head (life) hath a hundred heads to take its place.

  • با دو پا در عشق نتوان تاختن  ** با یکی سر عشق نتوان باختن 
  • No one can run in (the path of) Love with two feet: no one can play (the game of) Love with one head;

  • هر کسی را خود دو پا و یک‌سرست  ** با هزاران پا و سر تن نادرست  4605
  • Yet every one has two feet and one head: the body with thousands of feet and heads is a rarity.”