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  • بعد از آن برخاست آن شیر عتید ** تا سحرگه زر به بیرون می‌کشید
  • Afterwards that ready lion (valiant man) rose up, and till dawn he was carrying out the gold

  • دفن می‌کرد و همی آمد بزر ** با جوال و توبره بار دگر
  • And burying it and coming (back) to it once more with sack and bag.

  • گنجها بنهاد آن جانباز از آن ** کوری ترسانی واپس خزان
  • That self-devoting one laid by (great) stores thereof, to the confusion of (in despite of) the timidity of the backsliders.

  • این زر ظاهر بخاطر آمدست ** در دل هر کور دور زرپرست
  • (The thought that) this (is) external (material) gold has occurred to the mind of every blind, God-forsaken gold-worshipper.

  • کودکان اسفالها را بشکنند ** نام زر بنهند و در دامن کنند 4360
  • (Similarly) children break potsherds, give the name of gold (to the fragments), and put them in their skirts.

  • اندر آن بازی چو گویی نام زر ** آن کند در خاطر کودک گذر
  • When in that game you mention the name of gold, (the idea of) that (potsherd) crosses the child's mind.

  • بل زر مضروب ضرب ایزدی ** کو نگردد کاسد آمد سرمدی
  • Nay, (’tis) the gold stamped with the Divine stamp, (the gold) which does not become obsolete, (but) is everlasting;

  • آن زری کین زر از آن زر تاب یافت ** گوهر و تابندگی و آب یافت
  • The gold from which this (worldly) gold gained lustre and derived sheen and splendour and brilliance;

  • آن زری که دل ازو گردد غنی ** غالب آید بر قمر در روشنی
  • The gold whereby the heart is made rich: it surpasses the moon in brightness.

  • شمع بود آن مسجد و پروانه او ** خویشتن در باخت آن پروانه‌خو 4365
  • That mosque was the candle, and he (the guest) was the moth: that man of moth-like nature gambled himself away (sacrificed himself).