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  • این گریزد از دلیل و از حجاب  ** از پی مدلول سر برده به جیب  570
  • The latter flees from the proof and from the veil (between himself and God): he has sunk his head in his bosom for the sake of (contemplating) the Object of the proof.

  • گر دخان او را دلیل آتشست  ** بی‌دخان ما را در آن آتش خوشست 
  • If to him (the philosopher) the smoke is a proof of the fire, to us (mystics) ’tis sweet (to be) in the fire without the smoke,

  • خاصه این آتش که از قرب ولا  ** از دخان نزدیک‌تر آمد به ما 
  • Especially this Fire which, through (our) nighness and fealty (to God), is nearer to us than the smoke.

  • پس سیه‌کاری بود رفتن ز جان  ** بهر تخییلات جان سوی دخان 
  • Therefore ’tis black villainy to go (turn away) from the Soul (Reality) towards the smoke for the sake of (indulging) the phantasies (illusions) of the (animal) soul.

  • در بیان قول رسول علیه‌السلام لا رهبانیة فی‌الاسلام 
  • In explanation of the saying of the Prophet, on whom be peace, “There is no monkery in Islam.”

  • بر مکن پر را و دل بر کن ازو  ** زانک شرط این جهاد آمد عدو 
  • “Do not tear out thy feathers, but detach thy heart from (desire for) them, because (the existence of) the enemy is the necessary condition for (waging) this Holy War.

  • چون عدو نبود جهاد آمد محال  ** شهوتت نبود نباشد امتثال  575
  • When there is no enemy, the Holy War is inconceivable; (if) thou hast no lust, there can be no obedience (to the Divine command).

  • صبر نبود چون نباشد میل تو  ** خصم چون نبود چه حاجت حیل تو 
  • There can be no self-restraint when thou hast no desire; when there is no adversary, what need for thy strength?

  • هین مکن خود را خصی رهبان مشو  ** زانک عفت هست شهوت را گرو 
  • Hark, do not castrate thyself, do not become a monk; for chastity is in pawn to (depends on the existence of) lust.

  • بی‌هوا نهی از هوا ممکن نبود  ** غازیی بر مردگان نتوان نمود 
  • Without (the existence of) sensuality ’tis impossible to forbid sensuality: heroism cannot be displayed against the dead.

  • انفقوا گفتست پس کسپی بکن  ** زانک نبود خرج بی‌دخل کهن 
  • He (God) hath said ‘Spend’: therefore earn something, since there can be no expenditure without an old (previously acquired) income.