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558-567

  • زر ز روی قلب در کان می‌رود ** سوی آن کان رو تو هم کان می‌رود
  • The gold is going from the face of the false coin into the mine (whence it came): do thou too go towards the Mine to which it is going.

  • نور از دیوار تا خور می‌رود ** تو بدان خور رو که در خور می‌رود
  • The light is going from the wall up to the sun: do thou go to that Sun which ever goes (moves) in proportion (with eternal right and justice).

  • زین سپس پستان تو آب از آسمان ** چون ندیدی تو وفا در ناودان 560
  • Henceforth take thou the water (that comes) from Heaven, forasmuch as thou hast not found faithfulness in the aqueduct.

  • معدن دنبه نباشد دام گرگ ** کی شناسد معدن آن گرگ سترگ
  • The lure to catch the wolf is (the sheep’s tail; it is) not the place (shop) where the sheep’s tail came from: how should that fierce wolf know the place of provenance?

  • زر گمان بردند بسته در گره ** می‌شتابیدند مغروران به ده
  • They (the Khwaja and his family) imagined (that they would be) gold tied in knots, (so) the deluded (party) were making haste to (reach) the countryside.

  • همچنین خندان و رقصان می‌شدند ** سوی آن دولاب چرخی می‌زدند
  • Thus were they going alone, laughing and dancing and caracoling towards the water-wheel.

  • چون همی‌دیدند مرغی می‌پرید ** جانب ده صبر جامه می‌درید
  • Whenever they saw a bird flying in the direction of the country, (their) patience rent its garments;

  • هر که می‌آمد ز ده از سوی او ** بوسه می‌دادند خوش بر روی او 565
  • (And) they would kiss joyfully the face of any one who came from the country, from his (the countryman’s) neighbourhood,

  • گر تو روی یار ما را دیده‌ای ** پس تو جان را جان و ما را دیده‌ای
  • Saying, “You have seen the face of our friend, therefore to the (beloved) Soul you are (as) the soul, and to us (as) the eye.”

  • نواختن مجنون آن سگ را کی مقیم کوی لیلی بود
  • How Majnún petted the dog that lived in Layla's abode.

  • همچو مجنون کو سگی را می‌نواخت ** بوسه‌اش می‌داد و پیشش می‌گداخت
  • (They behaved) like Majnún, who was (seen) petting a dog and kissing it and melting (with fondness) before it: