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3592-3601

  • در جهان مرده‌شان آرام نیست  ** کین علف جز لایق انعام نیست 
  • They (the prophets) have no rest in the dead world, for this (worldly) fodder is only fit for cattle.

  • هر که را گلشن بود بزم و وطن  ** کی خورد او باده اندر گولخن 
  • Whoever has the rose-garden to feast and dwell in, how should he drink wine in the bath-stove?

  • جای روح پاک علیین بود  ** کرم باشد کش وطن سرگین بود 
  • The abode of the pure spirit is ‘Illiyyín; ’tis the worm that has its home in dung.

  • بهر مخمور خدا جام طهور  ** بهر این مرغان کور این آب شور  3595
  • The cup that purifies is for those intoxicated with God; this briny water is for these blind birds.

  • هر که عدل عمرش ننمود دست  ** پیش او حجاج خونی عادلست 
  • In the eyes of any one to whom the justice of ‘Umar has not displayed its power, the murderous Hajjáj is just.

  • دختران را لعبت مرده دهند  ** که ز لعب زندگان بی‌آگهند 
  • A dead (lifeless) doll is given to (young) girls, for they are ignorant of the play (dalliance) of living (men).

  • چون ندارند از فتوت زور و دست  ** کودکان را تیغ چوبین بهترست 
  • A wooden sword is better suited to children (young boys), since they have not the strength and power (that comes) from manhood.

  • کافران قانع بنقش انبیا  ** که نگاریده‌ست اندر دیرها 
  • Infidels are content with the figures of the prophets which are painted (and kept) in churches;

  • زان مهان ما را چو دور روشنیست  ** هیچ‌مان پروای نقش سایه نیست  3600
  • (But) as we have (enjoy) a bright period (of inward illumination) from those moons, we have no care for a shadow-figure.

  • این یکی نقشش نشسته در جهان  ** وآن دگر نقشش چو مه در آسمان 
  • The one figure of him (the prophet) is seated in the (sublunary) world, while his other figure is in heaven, like the moon.