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  • 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).
  • پر بسوخت او را ولیکن ساختش ** بس مبارک آمد آن انداختش
  • It burnt his wings, but it complied with him (granted his desire): his throwing (himself into the flame) was very blessed.
  • همچو موسی بود آن مسعودبخت ** کاتشی دید او به سوی آن درخت
  • That man of happy fortune was like Moses who beheld a fire in the direction of the tree.