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  • هم‌چو کنعان کو ز ننگ نوح رفت  ** بر فراز قله‌ی آن کوه زفت 
  • As (was the case with) Canaan, who in disdain of Noah went up to the top of that great mountain.

  • هرچه افزون‌تر همی‌جست او خلاص  ** سوی که می‌شد جداتر از مناص  2360
  • The more he sought deliverance (by turning) towards the mountain, the more was he separated from the place of refuge,

  • هم‌چو این درویش بهر گنج و کان  ** هر صباحی سخت‌تر جستی کمان 
  • Like this dervish (who) for the sake of the treasure and the mine (of riches) sought (to thaw) the bow more strongly every morning,

  • هر کمانی کو گرفتی سخت‌تر  ** بود از گنج و نشان بدبخت‌تر 
  • And the more strongly he gripped the bow each time, the worse luck he had in respect of (finding) the treasure and (hitting) the mark.

  • این مثل اندر زمانه جانی است  ** جان نادانان به رنج ارزانی است 
  • This parable is of vital import (to the soul) in the world: the soul of the ignorant is worthy of pain (deserves to suffer.)

  • زانک جاهل ننگ دارد ز اوستاد  ** لاجرم رفت و دکانی نو گشاد 
  • Inasmuch as the ignoramus disdains his teacher, consequently he goes and opens a new shop.

  • آن دکان بالای استاد ای نگار  ** گنده و پر کزدمست و پر ز مار  2365
  • O (you who are vain and specious as a) picture, that shop, (set up) over the teacher, is stinking and full of scorpions and snakes.

  • زود ویران کن دکان و بازگرد  ** سوی سبزه و گلبنان و آب‌خورد 
  • Quickly lay waste that shop and turn back to the greenery and the rose-tress and the watering-place;

  • نه چو کنعان کو ز کبر و ناشناخت  ** از که عاصم سفینه‌ی فوز ساخت 
  • Not like Canaan, who from pride and ignorance made of the “protecting” mountain a ship (ark) of safety.

  • علم تیراندازیش آمد حجاب  ** وان مراد او را بده حاضر به جیب 
  • His (the fakir’s) knowledge of archery became a veil (barrier) to him, while (all the time) he had that object of desire present in his bosom.