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1036-1045

  • آفرین ای اوستاد سحرباف  ** که نمودی معرضان را درد صاف 
  • Praise (to Thee), O Master-weaver of magic who hast made the dregs to seem pure (wine) to them that turn away (from the Truth).

  • ساحران مهتاب پیمایند زود  ** پیش بازرگان و زر گیرند سود 
  • Magicians quickly measure moonbeams in the presence of the merchant and receive gold as profit.

  • سیم بربایند زین گون پیچ پیچ  ** سیم از کف رفته و کرباس هیچ 
  • (When) by artful tricks of this sort they take money, the money is gone from his (the purchaser's) hand, (but) there is no linen (to be seen).

  • این جهان جادوست ما آن تاجریم  ** که ازو مهتاب پیموده خریم 
  • This world is a sorcerer, and we are the merchants who buy from it the measured moonbeams.

  • گز کند کرباس پانصد گز شتاب  ** ساحرانه او ز نور ماهتاب  1040
  • Magician-like, it hastily measures out by the ell five hundred ells of linen from the light of the moonbeams,

  • چون ستد او سیم عمرت ای رهی  ** سیم شد کرباس نی کیسه تهی 
  • (Yet), when it takes the money, (which is) thy life, O slave, the money is gone, there is no linen, and thy purse is empty.

  • قل اعوذت خواند باید کای احد  ** هین ز نفاثات افغان وز عقد 
  • Thou must recite Say, I take refuge, crying, “O (Thou who art) One, come, save me from the witches and from (their) knots.

  • می‌دمند اندر گره آن ساحرات  ** الغیاث المستغاث از برد و مات 
  • These sorceresses are blowing on the knots: help, O Thou whose help is besought against (the world's) victory and checkmate.”

  • لیک بر خوان از زبان فعل نیز  ** که زبان قول سستست ای عزیز 
  • But invoke (Him) with the tongue of deeds also, for the tongue of words is weak, O honourable man.

  • در زمانه مر ترا سه همره‌اند  ** آن یکی وافی و این دو غدرمند  1045
  • In the world thou hast three fellow-travellers: one is faithful and these two (others) are treacherous.