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3850-3855

  • افتد اندر دام مکرش ناکسی ** این گمان سر بر زند از هر خسی 3850
  • A worthless one falls into the snare of its deceit; (for) from every base fellow the thought pops up,

  • کین اگر نه نقد پاکیزه بدی ** کی به سنگ امتحان راغب شدی
  • That if this were not genuine coin, how should it have become eager for the touchstone?

  • او محک می‌خواهد اما آنچنان ** که نگردد قلبی او زان عیان
  • It desires the touchstone, but one of such a kind that its falseness will not be clearly exposed thereby.

  • آن محک که او نهان دارد صفت ** نی محک باشد نه نور معرفت
  • The touchstone that keeps hidden the quality (of that which is tested) is not a (true) touchstone, nor (is it) the (discriminating) light of knowledge.

  • آینه کو عیب رو دارد نهان ** از برای خاطر هر قلتبان
  • The mirror that keeps hidden the defects of the face to flatter every cuckold

  • آینه نبود منافق باشد او ** این چنین آیینه تا توانی مجو 3855
  • Is not a (true) mirror; it is hypocritical. Do not seek such a mirror so long as you can (help).