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2051-2060

  • زین درخت آن برگ زردش را مبین ** سیبهای پخته‌ی او را بچین
  • Do not regard the yellow leaves of this tree, (but) pick its ripe apples.

  • برگهای زرد او خود کی تهیست ** این نشان پختگی و کاملیست
  • How, in sooth, are its yellow leaves void (of worth)? This is the sign of maturity and perfection.

  • برگ زرد ریش و آن موی سپید ** بهر عقل پخته می‌آرد نوید
  • The yellow leaf of the (elder's) beard and his white hair bring tidings of joy on account of his mature intelligence.

  • برگهای نو رسیده‌ی سبزفام ** شد نشان آنک آن میوه‌ست خام
  • The newly-arrived green-coloured leaves signify that this fruit is unripe.

  • برگ بی‌برگی نشان عارفیست ** زردی زر سرخ رویی صارفیست 2055
  • The provision of leaflessness (spiritual poverty) is the sign of being a gnostic; the yellowness of gold is the (cause of the) money-changer's ruddiness of face (cheerful countenance).

  • آنک او گل عارضست ار نو خطست ** او به مکتب گاه مخبر نوخطست
  • If he that (still) is rosy-cheeked has fresh down (on his face), (yet) he has just begun to learn writing in the school of knowledge.

  • حرفهای خط او کژمژ بود ** مزمن عقلست اگر تن می‌دود
  • The letters of his handwriting are very crooked (misshapen): he is a cripple in respect of intelligence, though his body moves with agility.

  • پای پیر از سرعت ار چه باز ماند ** یافت عقل او دو پر بر اوج راند
  • Although an old man's feet are deprived of rapid movement, his intelligence has gotten two wings and has sped to the zenith.

  • گر مثل خواهی به جعفر در نگر ** داد حق بر جای دست و پاش پر
  • If you wish for an example (of this), look at Ja‘far: God gave him wings instead of hands and feet.

  • بگذر از زر کین سخت شد محتجب ** هم‌چو سیماب این دلم شد مضطرب 2060
  • Cease from (speaking of) gold (pallor), for this topic is recondite: this heart of mine has become agitated like quicksilver.