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1752-1761

  • رستم و حمزه و مخنث یک بدی  ** علم و حکمت باطل و مندک بدی 
  • Rustam and Hamza and a catamite would be (all) one; knowledge and wisdom would be annulled and utterly demolished.

  • علم و حکمت بهر راه و بی‌رهیست  ** چون همه ره باشد آن حکمت تهیست 
  • Knowledge and wisdom exist for the purpose of (distinguishing between) the right path and the wrong paths: when all (paths) are the right path, knowledge and wisdom are void (of meaning).

  • بهر این دکان طبع شوره‌آب  ** هر دو عالم را روا داری خراب 
  • Do you think it allowable that both the worlds should be ruined for the sake of this briny (foul) shop of the (sensual) nature?

  • من همی‌دانم که تو پاکی نه خام  ** وین سالت هست از بهر عوام  1755
  • I know that you are pure (enlightened), not raw (foolish), and that these questions of yours are (asked) for the sake of (instructing) the vulgar.

  • جور دوران و هر آن رنجی که هست  ** سهل‌تر از بعد حق و غفلتست 
  • The cruelty of Time (Fortune) and every affliction that exists are lighter than farness from God and forgetfulness (of Him),

  • زآنک اینها بگذرند آن نگذرد  ** دولت آن دارد که جان آگه برد 
  • Because these (afflictions) will pass, (but) that (forgetfulness) will not. (Only) he that brings his spirit (to God) awake (and mindful of Him) is possessed of felicity.”

  • حکایت در تقریر آنک صبر در رنج کار سهل‌تر از صبر در فراق یار بود 
  • A Story setting forth that patience in bearing worldly affliction is easier than patience in bearing separation from the Beloved.

  • آن یکی زن شوی خود را گفت هی  ** ای مروت را به یک ره کرده طی 
  • A certain woman said to her husband, “Hey, O you who have finished with generosity once and for all,

  • هیچ تیمارم نمی‌داری چرا  ** تا بکی باشم درین خواری چرا 
  • Why have you no care for me? How long shall I dwell in this abode of misery?”

  • گفت شو من نفقه چاره می‌کنم  ** گرچه عورم دست و پایی می‌زنم  1760
  • The husband replied, “I am doing my best to earn money; though I am destitute, I am moving hand and foot.

  • نفقه و کسوه‌ست واجب ای صنم  ** از منت این هر دو هست و نیست کم 
  • O beloved, it is my duty (to provide you with) money and clothes: you get both these from me and they are not insufficient.”