English    Türkçe    فارسی   

5
2462-2471

  • لاجرم مغلوب باشد عقل او  ** جز سوی خسران نباشد نقل او 
  • Of necessity, his reason is vanquished: his movement is towards naught but perdition.

  • ای خنک آن کس که عقلش نر بود  ** نفس زشتش ماده و مضطر بود 
  • Oh, blest is that one whose reason is male, while his wicked fleshly soul is female and helpless;

  • عقل جزوی‌اش نر و غالب بود  ** نفس انثی را خرد سالب بود 
  • Whose particular (individual) reason is male and dominant, (so that) his intellect deprives the female fleshly soul (of power to do mischief).

  • حمله‌ی ماده به صورت هم جریست  ** آفت او هم‌چو آن خر از خریست  2465
  • The attack of the female, too, is bold in appearance; her defect, as (in the case of) that ass, arises from asininity.

  • وصف حیوانی بود بر زن فزون  ** زانک سوی رنگ و بو دارد رکون 
  • The animal nature prevails in woman, because she has an inclination towards colour and scent.

  • رنگ و بوی سبزه‌زار آن خر شنید  ** جمله حجتها ز طبع او رمید 
  • (When) the ass heard of the colour and scent of the meadow, all arguments (in favour of trust in God) disgusted him.

  • تشنه محتاج مطر شد وابر نه  ** نفس را جوع البقر بد صبر نه 
  • The thirsty man wanted rain, and there was no cloud; the fleshly soul was ravenously hungry, and there was no self-restraint.

  • اسپر آهن بود صبر ای پدر  ** حق نبشته بر سپر جاء الظفر 
  • Self-restraint is an iron shield, O father: upon the shield (of self-restraint) God hath written (the words), “Victory will come.”

  • صد دلیل آرد مقلد در بیان  ** از قیاسی گوید آن را نه از عیان  2470
  • The imitator brings forward a hundred proofs in his exposition, (but) he speaks (gives) them from ratiocination, not from immediate experience.

  • مشک‌آلودست الا مشک نیست  ** بوی مشکستش ولی جز پشک نیست 
  • He is tinctured with musk, but he is not musk: he has the scent of musk, but he is only dung.