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  • او نگفتت که کمان را سخت‌کش  ** در کمان نه گفت او نه پر کنش 
  • It did not tell you to draw the bow hard: it bade you put (the arrow) to the bow, not ‘shoot with your full strength.’

  • از فضولی تو کمان افراشتی  ** صنعت قواسیی بر داشتی  2350
  • You, from (motives of) vanity, raised the bow aloft and brought to a high pitch the art of archery.

  • ترک این سخته کمانی رو بگو  ** در کمان نه تیر و پریدن مجو 
  • Go, renounce this skill in drawing the strongbow: put the arrow to the bow and do not seek to draw to the full extent (of your power).

  • چون بیفتد بر کن آنجا می‌طلب  ** زور بگذار و بزاری جو ذهب 
  • When it (the arrow) falls, dig up the spot and search: abandon (trust in) strength and seek the gold by means of piteous supplication.”

  • آنچ حقست اقرب از حبل الورید  ** تو فکنده تیر فکرت را بعید 
  • That which is real is nearer than the neck-artery; you have shot the arrow of thought far afield.

  • ای کمان و تیرها بر ساخته  ** صید نزدیک و تو دور انداخته 
  • O you who have provided yourself with bow and arrows, the prey is near and you have shot far.

  • هرکه دوراندازتر او دورتر  ** وز چنین گنجست او مهجورتر  2355
  • The farther one shoots, the farther away and more separated is he from a treasure like this.

  • فلسفی خود را از اندیشه بکشت  ** گو بدو کوراست سوی گنج پشت 
  • The philosopher killed (exhausted) himself with thinking: let him run on (in vain), for his back is turned towards the treasure.

  • گو بدو چندانک افزون می‌دود  ** از مراد دل جداتر می‌شود 
  • Let him run on: the more he runs, the more remote does he become from the object of his heart’s desire.

  • جاهدوا فینا بگفت آن شهریار  ** جاهدوا عنا نگفت ای بی‌قرار 
  • That (Divine) King said, “(those who) have striven in (for) Us”: He did not say, “(those who) have striven away from Us,” O restless one,