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  • داد دریا چون ز خم ما بود  ** چه عجب در ماهیی دریا بود 
  • Since the bounty of the Sea is (poured) through our jar, what wonder (that) the Sea (itself) should be (contained) in a Fish?

  • چشم حس افسرد بر نقش ممر  ** تش ممر می‌بینی و او مستقر 
  • The sensual eye is fixed on the form of the thoroughfare: thou art regarding it as a thoroughfare, but he (the Perfect Man) as a permanent abode.

  • این دوی اوصاف دید احولست  ** ورنه اول آخر آخر اولست 
  • This dualism is characteristic of the eye that sees double; but (in reality) the first is the last and the last is the first.

  • هی ز چه معلوم گردد این ز بعث  ** بعث را جو کم کن اندر بعث بحث  820
  • Hark, by what means is this made known (to thee)? By means of the (spiritual) resurrection. Seek to experience (that) resurrection: do not dispute concerning (that) resurrection.

  • شرط روز بعث اول مردنست  ** زانک بعث از مرده زنده کردنست 
  • The (necessary) condition of (experiencing) the Day of Resurrection is to die first, for (the word) ba‘th (resurrection) is (signifies) “to raise to life from the dead.”

  • جمله عالم زین غلط کردند راه  ** کز عدم ترسند و آن آمد پناه 
  • Hence all the world have taken the wrong way, for they are afraid of nonexistence, though it is (really) the refuge (in which they find salvation).

  • از کجا جوییم علم از ترک علم  ** از کجا جوییم سلم از ترک سلم 
  • Whence shall we seek (true knowledge? From renouncing (our false) knowledge. Whence shall we seek (true) peace? From renouncing peace (with our carnal selves).

  • از کجا جوییم هست از ترک هست  ** از کجا جوییم سیب از ترک دست 
  • Whence shall we seek (real) existence? From renouncing (illusory) existence. Whence shall we seek the apple (of Truth)? From renouncing the hand (of self-assertion and self-interest).

  • هم تو تانی کرد یا نعم المعین  ** دیده‌ی معدوم‌بین را هست بین  825
  • O best Helper, only Thou canst make the eye that regards the non-existent to regard that which is (really) existent.

  • دیده‌ای کو از عدم آمد پدید  ** ذات هستی را همه معدوم دید 
  • The eye that was produced from non-existence regarded the Essence of (real) Being as wholly non-existent;

  • این جهان منتظم محشر شود  ** گر دو دیده مبدل و انور شود 
  • (But), if (thy) two eyes are transformed and illumined, this well-ordered world becomes the scene of the Last Judgement.

  • زان نماید این حقایق ناتمام  ** که برین خامان بود فهمش حرام 
  • These realities are shown forth imperfectly (here) because the apprehension of them is forbidden to these raw (ignorant) ones.

  • نعمت جنات خوش بر دوزخمی  ** شد محرم گرچه حق آمد سخی 
  • Although God is munificent, the enjoyment of the delightful gardens ofParadise is forbidden to him who is destined for Hell.

  • در دهانش تلخ آید شهد خلد  ** چون نبود از وافیان در عهد خلد  830
  • The honey of Paradise becomes bitter in his mouth, since he was not (destined to be) one of them that faithfully keep the covenant of everlasting life.

  • مر شما را نیز در سوداگری  ** دست کی جنبد چو نبود مشتری 
  • Ye (worldly folk) also (who are engaged) in commerce—how should your hands move (to sell anything) when there is no buyer?

  • کی نظاره اهل بخریدن بود  ** آن نظاره گول گردیدن بود 
  • How should (idle) looking-on be capable of buying? The fool's looking-on is (not for buying, but merely for) loitering.

  • پرس پرسان کین به چند و آن به چند  ** از پی تعبیر وقت و ریش‌خند 
  • (He strolls about) continually asking, “How much is this?” and “How much is that?” for the sake of pastime and mockery.

  • از ملولی کاله می‌خواهد ز تو  ** نیست آن کس مشتری و کاله‌جو 
  • (’Tis only) from boredom (that) he asks you (to show him) your goods: that person is not a buyer and customer.

  • کاله را صد بار دید و باز داد  ** جامه کی پیمود او پیمود باد  835
  • He inspects the article a hundred times and hands it back (to you): when did he (ever) measure a piece of cloth? He measured wind (and nothing else).

  • کو قدوم و کر و فر مشتری  ** کو مزاح گنگلی سرسری 
  • What a distance between the approach and bargaining of a purchaser and the pleasantries of a silly joker?

  • چونک در ملکش نباشد حبه‌ای  ** جز پی گنگل چه جوید جبه‌ای 
  • Since there is not a mite in his possession, how should he seek (to buy) a coat except in jest?

  • در تجارت نیستش سرمایه‌ای  ** پس چه شخص زشت او چه سایه‌ای 
  • He has no capital for trading: what, then, is the difference between his ill-favoured person and a shadow?

  • مایه در بازار این دنیا زرست  ** مایه آنجا عشق و دو چشم ترست 
  • The capital (required) for the market of this world is gold; there (in the next world) the capital is love and two eyes wet (with tears).

  • هر که او بی‌مایه‌ی بازار رفت  ** عمر رفت و بازگشت او خام تفت  840
  • Whoever went to market without any capital, his life passed and he speedily returned in disappointment.

  • هی کجا بودی برادر هیچ جا  ** هی چه پختی بهر خوردن هیچ با 
  • “Oh, where hast thou been, brother?” “Nowhere.” “Oh, what hast thou cooked to eat?” “No (good) soup.”