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  • چونک تقصیر و فسادی می‌رود  ** آن حیات و ذوق پنهان می‌شود 
  • And when a fault and evil deed issues (from you), that (feeling of) life and rapture disappears.

  • دید خود مگذار از دید خسان  ** که به مردارت کشند این کرکسان 
  • Do not abandon your own eye (judgement) from regard for the vile, for these vultures will lead you to the carcase.

  • چشم چون نرگس فروبندی که چی  ** هین عصاام کش که کورم ای اچی  3490
  • You close your narcissus-like eye, saying, “What (is it)? Hey, sir, take my stick (and show me the way), for I am blind”;

  • وان عصاکش که گزیدی در سفر  ** خود ببینی باشد از تو کورتر 
  • But if you would only look, (you would see that) the guide whom you have chosen for the journey is (even) blinder than you.

  • دست کورانه به حبل الله زن  ** جز بر امر و نهی یزدانی متن 
  • Grasp in a blind man's fashion the rope of Allah: do not cling to aught but the Divine commandments and prohibitions.

  • چیست حبل‌الله رها کردن هوا  ** کین هوا شد صرصری مر عاد را 
  • What is the rope of Allah? To renounce self-will, for this self-will was a roaring wind (of destruction) to (the people of) ‘Ád.

  • خلق در زندان نشسته از هواست  ** مرغ را پرها ببسته از هواست 
  • ’Tis from self-will that folk are sitting in gaol, ’tis from self-will that the (trapped) bird's wings are tied.

  • ماهی اندر تابه‌ی گرم از هواست  ** رفته از مستوریان شرم از هواست  3495
  • ’Tis from self-will that the fish is (cooked) in a hot pan, ’tis from self-will that shame (bashfulness) is gone from the modest.

  • خشم شحنه شعله‌ی نار از هواست  ** چارمیخ و هیبت دار از هواست 
  • The anger of the police magistrate is a fiery spark from self-will; crucifixion and the awfulness of the gallows are (the consequence) of self-will.

  • شحنه‌ی اجسام دیدی بر زمین  ** شحنه‌ی احکام جان را هم ببین 
  • You have seen the magistrate (who carries out the punishment) of bodies on the earth: (now) see also the magistrate who executes judgements against the soul.