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  • لیک کی دانی که آن رنج خمار  ** از کدامین می بر آمد آشکار 
  • But how shouldst thou know from which wine that headache has arisen (and become) manifest?

  • این خمار اشکوفه‌ی آن دانه است  ** آن شناسد کاگه و فرزانه است 
  • This crop-sickness (headache) is the blossom of that seed (only) he that is sagacious and wise will recognise it.

  • شاخ و اشکوفه نماند دانه را  ** نطفه کی ماند تن مردانه را 
  • The bough and its blossom do not resemble the seed: how should semen resemble the body of man?

  • نیست مانندا هیولا با اثر  ** دانه کی ماننده آمد با شجر 
  • The matter (of which anything is composed) does not resemble the product: when did the seed (ever) resemble the tree (that sprang from it)?

  • نطفه از نانست کی باشد چو نان  ** مردم از نطفه‌ست کی باشد چنان  3980
  • Semen is (the product) of bread, (but) how should it be like bread? Man is (the product) of semen, (but) how should he be like it?

  • جنی از نارست کی ماند به نار  ** از بخارست ابر و نبود چون بخار 
  • The Jinní is (created) from fire, (but) how should he resemble fire? The cloud is (produced) from vapour, but it is not like vapour.

  • از دم جبریل عیسی شد پدید  ** کی به صورت هم‌چو او بد یا ندید 
  • Jesus was produced from the breath of Gabriel, (but) when was he (ever) like him in form or comparable (to him in that respect)?

  • آدم از خاکست کی ماند به خاک  ** هیچ انگوری نمی‌ماند به تاک 
  • Adam is (made) of earth, (but) how should he resemble earth? No grape resembles the vine.

  • کی بود دزدی به شکل پای‌دار  ** کی بود طاعت چو خلد پایدار 
  • How should robbery look like the foot of the gallows? How should piety be like the everlasting abode (Paradise)?

  • هیچ اصلی نیست مانند اثر  ** پس ندانی اصل رنج و درد سر  3985
  • No origin resembles its product; therefore thou canst not know the origin of (thy) pain and headache.