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667-676

  • پادشاهان جهان از بدرگی ** بو نبردند از شراب بندگی
  • The kings of the world, because of their evil nature, got no scent of the wine of service (to God);

  • ورنه ادهم‌وار سرگردان و دنگ ** ملک را برهم زدندی بی‌درنگ
  • Otherwise, dizzy and dumbfounded like (Ibráhim son of) Adham, without delay they would have dashed their sovereignty to pieces.

  • لیک حق بهر ثبات این جهان ** مهرشان بنهاد بر چشم و دهان
  • But (this they do not inasmuch as), for the maintenance of this world, God set a seal upon their eyes and mouths,

  • تا شود شیرین بریشان تخت و تاج ** که ستانیم از جهانداران خراج 670
  • To the end that throne and crown should be sweet to them, "for" (they say) "we will exact tribute from the rulers of the world."

  • از خراج ار جمع آری زر چو ریگ ** آخر آن از تو بماند مردریگ
  • If by way of tribute thou amass gold as (though it were) sand, at last it will be left behind thee as an inheritance.

  • همره جانت نگردد ملک و زر ** زر بده سرمه ستان بهر نظر
  • Sovereignty and gold will not accompany thy spirit on its journey: give thy gold away, get collyrium for thy sight,

  • تا ببینی کین جهان چاهیست تنگ ** یوسفانه آن رسن آری به چنگ
  • In order that thou mayst see that this world is a narrow well, and that, like Joseph, thou mayst grasp that rope,

  • تا بگوید چون ز چاه آیی به بام ** جان که یا بشرای هذا لی غلام
  • So that, when thou comest from the well (up) to the roof, the Soul will say, “Oh, good news for met This is a youth for me.”

  • هست در چاه انعکاسات نظر ** کمترین آنک نماید سنگ زر 675
  • In the well (of this world) there are optical inversions, the least (of which is) that stones appear to be gold.

  • وقت بازی کودکان را ز اختلال ** می‌نماید آن خزفها زر و مال
  • To children at play-time, from infirmity (of mind), those potsherds (with which they play) appear to be gold and riches.