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2031-2040

  • بوالفضولی از حسد طاقت نداشت ** اعتراض و لانسلم بر فراشت
  • An insolent fellow, through envy, could not endure (to keep silence): he raised objection and opposition.

  • خلق را بنگر که چون ظلمانی‌اند ** در متاع فانیی چون فانی‌اند
  • Behold humankind, how dark (unenlightened) they are, and how they are perishing in (desire for) a perishable piece of goods.

  • از تکبر جمله اندر تفرقه ** مرده از جان زنده‌اند از مخرقه
  • On account of pride they all are in separation (from God), dead to the spirit, living in deception.

  • این عجب که جان به زندان اندرست ** وانگهی مفتاح زندانش به دست
  • ’Tis wonderful that the spirit is in prison, and then (all that time) the key of the prison is in its hand!

  • پای تا سر غرق سرگین آن جوان ** می‌زند بر دامنش جوی روان 2035
  • That youth (the spirit) is plunged in dung from head to foot, (whilst) the flowing river is (almost) touching his skirt!

  • دایما پهلو به پهلو بی‌قرار ** پهلوی آرامگاه و پشت‌دار
  • (He is) always moving restlessly from side to side beside the place of repose and the couch where he might recline!

  • نور پنهانست و جست و جو گواه ** کز گزافه دل نمی‌جوید پناه
  • The (Divine) light is hidden, and search is the evidence (of its existence), for the heart (spirit) does not seek shelter in vain.

  • گر نبودی حبس دنیا را مناص ** نه بدی وحشت نه دل جستی خلاص
  • If this world's prison had no refuge, neither would there be any feeling of aversion nor would the heart seek release.

  • وحشتت هم‌چون موکل می‌کشد ** که بجو ای ضال منهاج رشد
  • Thy aversion is dragging thee along, like a custodian, saying, “O man astray, seek the path of righteousness.”

  • هست منهاج و نهان در مکمنست ** یافتش رهن گزافه جستنست 2040
  • The path is there, but it is hidden in a secret place: its discovery is in pawn to (involves) seeking in vain (before it can be found).