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  • از تو بود آن سنگسار قوم لوط ** در سیاه آبه ز تو خوردند غوط
  • Through you was the stoning of the people of Lot: through you were they sunk in the black rain-water.

  • مغز نمرود از تو آمد ریخته ** ای هزاران فتنه‏ها انگیخته‏
  • Through you was the brain of Nimrod crumbled, O you that have raised thousands of turmoils!

  • عقل فرعون ذکی فیلسوف ** کور گشت از تو نیابید او وقوف‏ 2665
  • Through you the intelligence of Pharaoh, the acute and sage, became blinded, (so that) he found no understanding.

  • بو لهب هم از تو نااهلی شده ** بو الحکم هم از تو بو جهلی شده‏
  • Through you also Bú Lahab became an unworthy one; through you also Bu ’l- Hakam became a Bú Jahl.

  • ای بر این شطرنج بهر یاد را ** مات کرده صد هزار استاد را
  • O you that on this chessboard, for the sake of remembrance, have checkmated hundreds of thousands of masters,

  • ای ز فرزین بندهای مشکلت ** سوخته دلها سیه گشته دلت‏
  • O you by whose difficult attacking moves (our) hearts have been burned and your (own) heart has been blackened,

  • بحر مکری تو خلایق قطره‏ای ** تو چو کوهی وین سلیمان ذره‏ای‏
  • You are the sea of cunning, (and all) the creatures (are but) a drop: you are like a mountain and (we) simple ones (are but) a mote.

  • کی رهد از مکر تو ای مختصم ** غرق طوفانیم الا من عصم‏ 2670
  • Who shall escape from your cunning, O adversary? We are drowned in the flood, except them that are protected (by God).

  • بس ستاره‏ی سعد از تو محترق ** بس سپاه و جمع از تو مفترق‏
  • By you many a fortunate star has been burned: by you many an army and host have been scattered.”

  • باز جواب گفتن ابلیس معاویه را
  • How Iblís again replied to Mu‘áwiya.

  • گفت ابلیسش گشای این عقد را ** من محکم قلب را و نقد را
  • Iblís said to him, “Unravel these knot (and apprehend the matter): I am the touchstone for the false coin and the true.

  • امتحان شیر و کلبم کرد حق ** امتحان نقد و قلبم کرد حق‏
  • God hath made me the test of lion and cur, God hath made me the test of genuine coin and counterfeit.

  • قلب را من کی سیه رو کرده‏ام ** صیرفی‏ام قیمت او کرده‏ام‏
  • When have I blackened the false coin's face? I am the money-changer: I have (only) valued it.

  • نیکوان را ره نمایی می‏کنم ** شاخه‏های خشک را بر می‏کنم‏ 2675
  • To the good I act as guide, the dry branches I rip off.

  • این علفها می‏نهم از بهر چیست ** تا پدید آید که حیوان جنس کیست‏
  • I lay these (different) sorts of fodder (before people)—for what purpose? In order that it may be seen of what kind the animal is.

  • گرگ از آهو چو زاید کودکی ** هست در گرگیش و آهویی شکی‏
  • When a wolf bears young to an antelope, and there is some doubt whether it (the young one) has the nature of wolf or antelope,

  • تو گیاه و استخوان پیشش بریز ** تا کدامین سو کند او گام تیز
  • Drop you grass and bones in front of it (and see) to which side it quickly steps.

  • گر به سوی استخوان آید سگ است ** ور گیا خواهد یقین آهو رگ است‏
  • If it comes towards the bones, it is canine; and if it craves the grass, it is assuredly of the antelope race.

  • قهر و لطفی جفت شد با همدگر ** زاد از این هر دو جهانی خیر و شر 2680
  • A wrath and a mercy were wedded to one another: from these twain was born the world of good and evil.

  • تو گیاه و استخوان را عرضه کن ** قوت نفس و قوت جان را عرضه کن‏
  • Offer grass and bones, offer the food of the flesh and the food of the spirit.

  • گر غذای نفس جوید ابتر است ** ور غذای روح خواهد سرور است‏
  • If he seek the food of the flesh, he is bobtailed (worthless), and if he desire the food of the spirit, he is a (spiritual) chief.

  • گر کند او خدمت تن هست خر ** ور رود در بحر جان یابد گهر
  • If he serve the body, he is an ass; and if he go into the sea of the spirit, he will find pearls.

  • گر چه این دو مختلف خیر و شراند ** لیک این هر دو به یک کار اندراند
  • Although these twain—good and evil—are different, yet these twain are (engaged) in one work.

  • انبیا طاعات عرضه می‏کنند ** دشمنان شهوات عرضه می‏کنند 2685
  • The prophets offer devotions, the enemies (of God) offer lusts.

  • نیک را چون بد کنم یزدان نی‏ام ** داعیم من خالق ایشان نی‏ام‏
  • How should I make the good man bad? I am not God. I am (only) a prompter, I am not their creator.

  • خوب را من زشت سازم رب نه‏ام ** زشت را و خوب را آیینه‏ام‏
  • (How) should I make the fair foul? I am not the Lord. I am (only) a mirror for the foul and the fair.