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  • زانک جنسیت عجایب جاذبیست ** جاذبش جنسست هر جا طالبیست
  • For homogeneity is a wondrous attractor: wheresoever there is a seeker, his congener is attracting him.

  • عیسی و ادریس بر گردون شدند ** با ملایک چونک هم‌جنس آمدند
  • Jesus and Idrís ascended to heaven, since they were homogeneous with the angels.

  • باز آن هاروت و ماروت از بلند ** جنس تن بودند زان زیر آمدند
  • Again, Hárút and Márút were homogeneous with the body: hence they descended from on high.

  • کافران هم جنس شیطان آمده ** جانشان شاگرد شیطانان شده
  • The infidels have become homogeneous with Satan: their spirits have become disciples of the devils.

  • صد هزاران خوی بد آموخته ** دیده‌های عقل و دل بر دوخته 2675
  • They have learned a hundred thousand evil dispositions; they have sewn up the eyes of intellect and heart.

  • کمترین خوشان به زشتی آن حسد ** آن حسد که گردن ابلیس زد
  • Their least ugly disposition is envy—that envy which smote the neck of (destroyed) Iblís.

  • زان سگان آموخته حقد و حسد ** که نخواهد خلق را ملک ابد
  • From those curs they have learned hatred and envy, for he (Satan) does not wish the kingdom everlasting (to be granted) to (God's) creatures.

  • هر کرا دید او کمال از چپ و راست ** از حسد قولنجش آمد درد خاست
  • When he sees, on left or right, any one perfect, colic comes to him and pain arises (in him) from envy,

  • زآنک هر بدبخت خرمن‌سوخته ** می‌نخواهد شمع کس افروخته
  • Because every miserable wretch whose stack has been burnt is unwilling that any one's candle should be lighted.

  • هین کمالی دست آور تا تو هم ** از کمال دیگران نفتی به غم 2680
  • Hark, bring to hand (acquire) some (degree of) perfection, in order that thou too mayst not be aggrieved by the perfection of others.