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  • مرغکی اندر شکار کرم بود  ** گربه فرصت یافت او را در ربود 
  • A little bird was hunting a worm: a cat found its opportunity and seized it.

  • آکل و ماکول بود و بی‌خبر  ** در شکار خود ز صیادی دگر  720
  • It (the bird) was a devourer and a thing devoured, and (being engrossed) in its hunting was ignorant of another hunter.

  • دزد گرچه در شکار کاله‌ایست  ** شحنه با خصمانش در دنباله‌ایست 
  • Although the thief is (engaged) in hunting articles of property, (yet) the prefect of police with (the thief's) enemies is behind him (on his track).

  • عقل او مشغول رخت و قفل و در  ** غافل از شحنه‌ست و از آه سحر 
  • His mind is occupied with chattels and lock and door: he is heedless of the prefect and of the outcry (that will arise) at dawn.

  • او چنان غرقست در سودای خود  ** غافلست از طالب و جویای خود 
  • He is so absorbed in his passion (for gain) he gives no heed to his seekers and pursuers.

  • گر حشیش آب و هوایی می‌خورد  ** معده‌ی حیوانش در پی می‌چرد 
  • If the herbage is drinking pure water, (yet) afterwards an animal's belly will feed on it.

  • آکل و ماکول آمد آن گیاه  ** هم‌چنین هر هستیی غیر اله  725
  • That grass is devouring and devoured: even so (is) everything that exists except God.

  • و هو یطعمکم و لا یطعم چو اوست  ** نیست حق ماکول و آکل لحم و پوست 
  • Since He is (the subject of the text) and He feedeth you and is not fed, God is not devouring and devoured, (like) flesh and skin.

  • آکل و ماکول کی ایمن بود  ** ز آکلی که اندر کمین ساکن بود 
  • How should that which is devouring and devoured be secure from a devourer who dwells in a (secret) hiding-place?

  • امن ماکولان جذوب ماتمست  ** رو بدان درگاه کو لا یطعم است 
  • The security of those who are (liable to be) devoured brings mourning in its train: go to the Portal of Him who is not fed.