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2230-2239

  • ما چو روباهان و پای ما کرام ** می‌رهاندمان ز صدگون انتقام 2230
  • We are like foxes, and the noble (saints) are (as) our legs: they save us from a hundred kinds of vengeance.

  • حیله‌ی باریک ما چون دم ماست ** عشقها بازیم با دم چپ و راست
  • Our subtle contrivance is as our tails: we play fondly with our tails, left and right.

  • دم بجنبانیم ز استدلال و مکر ** تا که حیران ماند از ما زید و بکر
  • We wag our tails in argumentation and cunning, in order that Zayd and Bakr may remain amazed at us.

  • طالب حیرانی خلقان شدیم ** دست طمع اندر الوهیت زدیم
  • We have sought to excite the amazement of the people; we have eagerly grasped at Divinity,

  • تا بافسون مالک دلها شویم ** این نمی‌بینیم ما کاندر گویم
  • That by means of guile we may gain possession of (the people's) hearts; we do not see that we are in a ditch.

  • در گوی و در چهی ای قلتبان ** دست وا دار از سبال دیگران 2235
  • You are in the ditch and in the pit, O scoundrel: keep your hands off the moustache of others!

  • چون به بستانی رسی زیبا و خوش ** بعد از آن دامان خلقان گیر و کش
  • When you arrive at a fair and beauteous garden, after that lay hold of the people's skirts and lead them.

  • ای مقیم حبس چار و پنج و شش ** نغز جایی دیگران را هم بکش
  • O you who dwell in the prison of the four (elements) and the five (senses) and the six (directions), lead others also to (such) a goodly place!

  • ای چو خربنده حریف کون خر ** بوسه گاهی یافتی ما را ببر
  • O you who, like an ass-servant, are the comrade of the ass's rump, you have found a (fine) spot to kiss: take us (to it)!

  • چون ندادت بندگی دوست دست ** میل شاهی از کجاات خاستست
  • Since (true) servitude to the Beloved has not been granted you, whence has arisen in you the wish for sovereignty?