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  • چون یقین گشتش که خواهد کرد مات  ** فوت اسپ و پیل هستش ترهات 
  • When it has become certain to him that he will checkmate (his Opponent), the loss of his horse (knight) and elephant (bishop) is a trifle to him

  • گر برد اسپش هر آنک اسپ‌جوست  ** اسپ رو گو نه که پیش آهنگ اوست 
  • If his horse be taken by any one who desires to take the horse, let the horse go; (for) is not he (by God’s help), the winner?

  • مرد را با اسپ کی خویشی بود  ** عشق اسپش از پی پیشی بود 
  • How should there be an affinity between a man and a horse? His love for the horse is (only) for the purpose of getting in front (of others).

  • بهر صورتها مکش چندین زحیر  ** بی‌صداع صورتی معنی بگیر 
  • Do not endure all this anguish for the sake of (mere) forms: grasp the reality without (suffering) headache on account of a form.

  • هست زاهد را غم پایان کار  ** تا چه باشد حال او روز شمار  4065
  • The ascetic feels anxiety concerning his latter end: (he considers) what will be his plight on the Day of Reckoning;

  • عارفان ز آغاز گشته هوشمند  ** از غم و احوال آخر فارغ‌اند 
  • (But) the gnostics, having become conscious of the beginning, are free from anxiety and (care for) the ultimate conditions.

  • بود عارف را همین خوف و رجا  ** سابقه‌دانیش خورد آن هر دو را 
  • (Formerly) the gnostic had the same fear and hope (as the ascetic), (but) his knowledge of the past devoured both those (feelings).

  • دید کو سابق زراعت کرد ماش  ** او همی‌داند چه خواهد بود چاش 
  • He perceived that in the past he had sown pulse: he knows what the produce will be.

  • عارفست و باز رست از خوف و بیم  ** های هو را کرد تیغ حق دو نیم 
  • He is a gnostic and has been delivered from fear and dread: the sword of God has cut lamentation asunder

  • بود او را بیم و اومید از خدا  ** خوف فانی شد عیان گشت آن رجا  4070
  • (Formerly) he had from God (feelings of) fear and hope: the fear has passed away and the hope has come into clear view.