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2114-2123

  • بهر آن پیغامبر این را شرح ساخت  ** هر که خود بشناخت یزدان را شناخت 
  • Hence the Prophet expounded this (matter), (when he said), “Whoso knoweth himself knoweth God.”

  • چارقت نطفه‌ست و خونت پوستین  ** باقی ای خواجه عطای اوست این  2115
  • The seed (from which you were conceived) is your shoon, and your blood is the sheepskin jacket: (all) the rest, O master, is His gift.

  • بهر آن دادست تا جویی دگر  ** تو مگو که نیستش جز این قدر 
  • He hath given it to you in order that you may seek more: do not say, “He has only this amount (to give).”

  • زان نماید چند سیب آن باغبان  ** تا بدانی نخل و دخل بوستان 
  • The gardener shows a number of apples, to the end that you may know the trees and produce of the orchard.

  • کف گندم زان دهد خریار را  ** تا بداند گندم انبار را 
  • He (the wheat-merchant) gives the purchaser a handful of wheat, in order that he may know (the quality of) the wheat in the granary.

  • نکته‌ای زان شرح گوید اوستاد  ** تا شناسی علم او را مستزاد 
  • The teacher explains a nice point in order that you may recognise that his knowledge exceeds (those limits);

  • ور بگویی خود همینش بود و بس  ** دورت اندازد چنانک از ریش خس  2120
  • And if you say, “This is all (the knowledge) he has,” he will cast you far (from him) as sticks and straws (are cast) from the beard.

  • ای ایاز اکنون بیا و داده ده  ** داد نادر در جهان بنیاد نه 
  • “Now come, O Ayáz, and deal justice: lay the foundation of a rare justice in the world.

  • مجرمانت مستحق کشتن‌اند  ** وز طمع بر عفو و حلمت می‌تنند 
  • Those who have sinned against thee deserve to be killed, but in hope (of escaping death) they are attending (waiting upon) thy pardon and forbearance,

  • تا که رحمت غالب آید یا غضب  ** آب کوثر غالب آید یا لهب 
  • To see whether mercy will prevail or wrath, whether the water of Kawthar will prevail or the flames (of Hell).”