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3113-3122

  • گر بگویند آنچ می‌خواهی تو راد  ** کار کار تست برحسب مراد 
  • If you are told, O sage, that what you wish (will come to pass, and that) you have full power to act according to your desire,

  • آنگهان تنبل کنی جایز بود  ** کانچ خواهی و آنچ گویی آن شود 
  • Then, if you are neglectful (in serving God), ’tis permissible; for what you wish and say will come to pass.

  • چون بگویند ایش شاء الله کان  ** حکم حکم اوست مطلق جاودان  3115
  • When (on the contrary) you are told that whatever God wills shall come to pass, and that to Him belongs the authority absolute and everlasting,

  • پس چرا صد مرده اندر ورد او  ** بر نگردی بندگانه گرد او 
  • Why, then, should not you move round Him like a slave, with the will of a hundred men to perform the devotions due to Him?

  • گر بگویند آنچ می‌خواهد وزیر  ** خواست آن اوست اندر دار و گیر 
  • If you are told that what the vizier wishes (is law and that) his will is paramount in the exercise of authority,

  • گرد او گردان شوی صد مرده زود  ** تا بریزد بر سرت احسان و جود 
  • Will you at once move round (pay court to) him with the zeal of a hundred men, that he may pour kindness and munificence on your head,

  • یا گریزی از وزیر و قصر او  ** این نباشد جست و جوی نصر او 
  • Or will you flee from the vizier and his palace? This (flight) is not the way to seek his help.

  • بازگونه زین سخن کاهل شدی  ** منعکس ادراک و خاطر آمدی  3120
  • You, inversely, have been made remiss by this saying: you have been turned upside down in your apprehension and thought.

  • امر امر آن فلان خواجه‌ست هین  ** چیست یعنی با جز او کمتر نشین 
  • (Suppose you are told that) the command (supreme power) is vested in such and such a lord. Hark, what does this mean? It means, ‘Do not sit (consort) with any one except him.

  • گرد خواجه گرد چون امر آن اوست  ** کو کشد دشمن رهاند جان دوست 
  • Move round (pay constant homage to) the lord, since the (power to) command belongs to him; for he slays his enemy and saves the life of his friend.