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3
521-530

  • وانک ماهی باشد اندر روستا ** روزگاری باشدش جهل و عمی
  • And he that stays a month in the country, ignorance and blindness will be his (lot) for a long time.

  • ده چه باشد شیخ واصل ناشده ** دست در تقلید و حجت در زده
  • What is “the country”? The Shaykh that has not been united (with god), but has become addicted to conventionality and argument.

  • پیش شهر عقل کلی این حواس ** چون خران چشم‌بسته در خراس
  • Compared with the town, (which is) Universal Reason, these senses (of ours) are like asses (going round and round) in an ass-mill with their eyes bandaged.

  • این رها کن صورت افسانه گیر ** هل تو دردانه تو گندم‌دانه گیر
  • Leave this (inner meaning) and take the outward form of the tale: let the pearlseed alone and take the cornseed.

  • گر بدر ره نیست هین بر می‌ستان ** گر بدان ره نیستت این سو بران 525
  • If there is no way to the pearl, come, take the wheat; if there is no way for you in that (direction), push on in this direction.

  • ظاهرش گیر ار چه ظاهر کژ پرد ** عاقبت ظاهر سوی باطن برد
  • Take its outward (form)! Though the outward (form) fly crookedly (not straight), the outward (form) at last will lead (you) to the inward (meaning).

  • اول هر آدمی خود صورتست ** بعد از آن جان کو جمال سیرتست
  • In sooth, the first (stage) of every human being is the form; after that (comes) the spirit, which is beauty of disposition.

  • اول هر میوه جز صورت کیست ** بعد از آن لذت که معنی ویست
  • How is the first (stage) of every fruit anything but the form? After that (comes) the delicious taste which is its real meaning.

  • اولا خرگاه سازند و خرند ** ترک را زان پس به مهمان آورند
  • First they make or buy a tent; afterwards they bring the Turcoman (their beloved) as a guest.

  • صورتت خرگاه دان معنیت ترک ** معنیت ملاح دان صورت چو فلک 530
  • Deem your form to be the tent, your real essence the Turcoman, regard your essence as the sailor, your form as the ship.