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  • زین برادر عار و ننگش آمدی  ** آن ضیا هم واعظی بد با هدی 
  • He felt ashamed of this brother and disgraced (by him); yet Ziyá was a preacher in the way of salvation.

  • روز محفل اندر آمد آن ضیا  ** بارگه پر قاضیان و اصفیا 
  • On the day of congregation Ziyá came in: the hall was filled with cadis and men distinguished (for piety).

  • کرد شیخ اسلام از کبر تمام  ** این برادر را چنین نصف القیام 
  • In his complete arrogance the Shaykh of Islam (only) half rose (from his seat), in such a (careless) fashion, to (salute) his brother.

  • گفت او را بس درازی بهر مزد  ** اندکی زان قد سروت هم بدزد 
  • He (Ziyá) said to him, “Thou art very tall: take a little off thy cypress-like stature in order to gain the (Divine) reward.”

  • پس ترا خود هوش کو یا عقل کو  ** تا خوری می ای تو دانش را عدو  3480
  • (The ascetic said), “How, then, have you the intelligence, how have you the (necessary) understanding to drink wine, O enemy of knowledge?

  • روت بس زیباست نیلی هم بکش  ** ضحکه باشد نیل بر روی حبش 
  • (If) your face is very beautiful, put some indigo on it (as an ornament); (but) indigo on the face of an Abyssinian (negro) would be a laughing-stock.

  • در تو نوری کی درآمد ای غوی  ** تا تو بیهوشی و ظلمت‌جو شوی 
  • When did any (spiritual) light enter into you, O misguided man, that you should become a seeker of unconsciousness and darkness?

  • سایه در روزست جستن قاعده  ** در شب ابری تو سایه‌جو شده 
  • ’Tis the (approved) rule to seek the shadow during the day; (but) you seek the shadow on a cloudy night.

  • گر حلال آمد پی قوت عوام  ** طالبان دوست را آمد حرام 
  • If it (wine) is lawful as sustenance for the common folk, (yet) it is unlawful to those who seek the Beloved.

  • عاشقان را باده خون دل بود  ** چشمشان بر راه و بر منزل بود  3485
  • The wine for the lovers (of God) is their heart's blood: their eyes are (fixed) upon the Way and upon the Destination.