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  • چار کس را داد مردی یک درم ** آن یکی گفت این به انگوری دهم‏
  • A certain man gave a dirhem to four persons: one of them (a Persian) said, “I will spend this on angúr.”

  • آن یکی دیگر عرب بد گفت لا ** من عنب خواهم نه انگور ای دغا
  • The second one was an Arab: he said, “No, I want ‘inab, not angúr, O rascal!”

  • آن یکی ترکی بدو گفت ای گزم ** من نمی‏خواهم عنب خواهم ازم‏
  • The third was a Turk; and he said, “This (money) is mine: I don't want ‘inab, I want uzum.”

  • آن یکی رومی بگفت این قیل را ** ترک کن خواهیم استافیل را
  • The fourth, a Greek, said, “Stop this talk: I want istáfíl.”

  • در تنازع آن نفر جنگی شدند ** که ز سر نامها غافل بدند 3685
  • These people began fighting in contention with one another, because they were unaware of the hidden meaning of the names.

  • مشت بر هم می‏زدند از ابلهی ** پر بدند از جهل و از دانش تهی‏
  • In their folly they smote each other with their fists: they were full of ignorance and empty of knowledge.

  • صاحب سری عزیزی صد زبان ** گر بدی آن جا بدادی صلح‏شان‏
  • If a master of the esoteric had been there, a revered and many-languaged man, he would have pacified them;

  • پس بگفتی او که من زین یک درم ** آرزوی جمله‏تان را می‏خرم‏
  • And then he would have said, “With this one dirhem I will give all of you what ye wish.

  • چون که بسپارید دل را بی‏دغل ** این درمتان می‏کند چندین عمل‏
  • When without deceit ye surrender your hearts (to me), this dirhem will do all this for you.

  • یک درمتان می‏شود چار المراد ** چار دشمن می‏شود یک ز اتحاد 3690
  • Your one dirhem will become four—the result desired: four enemies will become one through unanimity.

  • گفت هر یک تان دهد جنگ و فراق ** گفت من آرد شما را اتفاق‏
  • What each one of you says produces strife and separation; what I say brings you agreement.

  • پس شما خاموش باشید أنصتوا ** تا زبان تان من شوم در گفت‏وگو
  • Therefore be ye mute, keep silence, that I may be your tongue in speech and talk.”

  • گر سخنتان می‏نماید یک نمط ** در اثر مایه‏ی نزاع است و سخط
  • (Even) if your words appear uniform (seem to express an agreement), in effect they are the source of contention and anger.

  • گرمی عاریتی ندهد اثر ** گرمی خاصیتی دارد هنر
  • Borrowed (accidental) heat produces no (essential) effect; natural heat hath (its own) effect.

  • سرکه را گر گرم کردی ز آتش آن ** چون خوری سردی فزاید بی‏گمان‏ 3695
  • If you have made vinegar hot by means of fire, (still) when you drink it, it will undoubtedly increase the coldness (of your constitution),

  • ز انکه آن گرمی او دهلیزی است ** طبع اصلش سردی است و تیزی است‏
  • Because that (artificially produced) heat of it is exotic: its fundamental nature is coldness and tartness.

  • ور بود یخ بسته دوشاب ای پسر ** چون خوری گرمی فزاید در جگر
  • And (on the other hand), though grape-syrup be frozen, my son, it will add heat to the liver when you drink it.

  • پس ریای شیخ به ز اخلاص ماست ** کز بصیرت باشد آن وین از عماست‏
  • Hence the Shaykh's hypocrisy is better than our sincerity, for the former arises from (spiritual) insight, while the latter arises from (spiritual) blindness.

  • از حدیث شیخ جمعیت رسد ** تفرقه آرد دم اهل حسد
  • From the Shaykh's discourse comes union (concord); the words of the corporealists (materialists) bring separation (discord).

  • چون سلیمان کز سوی حضرت بتاخت ** کاو زبان جمله مرغان را شناخت‏ 3700
  • As (for example) Solomon, who sped (on his prophetic mission) from God, and who knew the language of all birds—

  • در زمان عدلش آهو با پلنگ ** انس بگرفت و برون آمد ز جنگ‏
  • In the time of his just sway the deer made friends with the leopard and ceased from war.

  • شد کبوتر ایمن از چنگال باز ** گوسفند از گرگ ناورد احتراز
  • The dove became secure from the talons of the hawk, the sheep took no precaution against the wolf.

  • او میانجی شد میان دشمنان ** اتحادی شد میان پر زنان‏
  • He (Solomon) became an arbitrator between enemies: he became a (means of establishing) oneness between the creatures that fly with wings.

  • تو چو موری بهر دانه می‏دوی ** هین سلیمان جو چه می‏باشی غوی‏
  • Thou art running after grain, like an ant. Hark! seek for Solomon! Why art thou still astray?

  • دانه جو را دانه‏اش دامی شود ** و آن سلیمان جوی را هر دو بود 3705
  • To the seeker of grain his grain becomes a snare, but the seeker of Solomon may have both (Solomon and the grain).