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4761-4770

  • راتبه‌ی جانی ز شاه بی‌ندید  ** دم به دم در جان مستش می‌رسید 
  • And the spiritual ration from the peerless King was arriving in his intoxicated soul at every moment.

  • آن نه که ترسا و مشرک می‌خورند  ** زان غذایی که ملایک می‌خورند 
  • ’Twas not that (material food) which polytheists and Christians eat, (but) part of the (spiritual) food which the angels eat.

  • اندرون خویش استغنا بدید  ** گشت طغیانی ز استغنا پدید 
  • He felt self-sufficiency within himself, and from self-sufficiency emerged a feeling of insolent pride.

  • که نه من هم شاه و هم شه‌زاده‌ام  ** چون عنان خود بدین شه داده‌ام 
  • “Am not I,” said he, “both a king and a king's son? How have I let this King take control of me?

  • چون مرا ماهی بر آمد با لمع  ** من چرا باشم غباری را تبع  4765
  • Now that a resplendent moon has risen for me, why should I be following a (cloud of) dust?

  • آب در جوی منست و وقت ناز  ** ناز غیر از چه کشم من بی‌نیاز 
  • The water is (running) in my river-bed, and ’tis time to show disdain: wherefore should I who want nothing endure disdain from another?

  • سر چرا بندم چو درد سر نماند  ** وقت روی زرد و چشم تر نماند 
  • Why should I bandage my head when my headache is gone? The time for pale face and tearful eye is past.

  • چون شکرلب گشته‌ام عارض قمر  ** باز باید کرد دکان دگر 
  • Since my lips have become (sweet) as sugar and my cheeks (bright) as the moon, I must open another (independent) shop.”

  • زین منی چون نفس زاییدن گرفت  ** صد هزاران ژاژ خاییدن گرفت 
  • When his carnal soul began to spawn from this egoism, he began to chew a hundred thousand thistles (cherish absurd fancies).

  • صد بیابان زان سوی حرص و حسد  ** تا بدان‌جا چشم بد هم می‌رسد  4770
  • Even the evil eye can traverse a hundred deserts to reach the object of its greed and envy: