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1532-1541

  • چون تعلق یافت نان با بو البشر ** نان مرده زنده گشت و با خبر
  • When the bread attained to connexion with Man, the dead bread became living and endowed with knowledge.

  • موم و هیزم چون فدای نار شد ** ذات ظلمانی او انوار شد
  • When the wax and firewood were devoted to the fire, their dark essence became (filled with) light.

  • سنگ سرمه چون که شد در دیده‌‌گان ** گشت بینایی شد آن جا دیدبان‌‌
  • When the (powdered) stone of antimony went into the eyes, it turned to sight and there became a scout (one who observes the enemy from some point of vantage).

  • ای خنک آن مرد کز خود رسته شد ** در وجود زنده‌‌ای پیوسته شد 1535
  • Oh, happy is the man who was freed from himself and united with the existence of a living one!

  • وای آن زنده که با مرده نشست ** مرده گشت و زندگی از وی بجست‌‌
  • Alas for the living one who consorted with the dead! He became dead, and life sped away from him.

  • چون تو در قرآن حق بگریختی ** با روان انبیا آمیختی‌‌
  • When you have fled (for refuge) to the Qur’án of God, you have mingled with the spirit of the prophets.

  • هست قرآن حالهای انبیا ** ماهیان بحر پاک کبریا
  • The Qur’án is (a description of) the states of the prophets, (who are) the fishes of the holy sea of (Divine) Majesty.

  • ور بخوانی و نه‌‌ای قرآن پذیر ** انبیا و اولیا را دیده گیر
  • And if you read and do not accept (take to heart) the Qur’án, suppose you have seen the prophets and saints (what will that avail you?);

  • ور پذیرایی چو بر خوانی قصص ** مرغ جانت تنگ آید در قفص‌‌ 1540
  • But if you are accepting (the Qur’án), when you read the stories (of the prophets), the bird, your soul, will be distressed in its cage.

  • مرغ کاو اندر قفس زندانی است ** می‌‌نجوید رستن از نادانی است‌‌
  • The bird that is a prisoner in a cage, (if it) is not seeking to escape, ’tis from ignorance.