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6
453-462

  • کودکان گرچه که در بازی خوشند  ** شب کشانشان سوی خانه می‌کشند 
  • Although the children are happy in their play, (yet) at nightfall they are dragged off and taken home.

  • شد برهنه وقت بازی طفل خرد  ** دزد از ناگه قبا و کفش برد 
  • At play-time the little child strips: suddenly the thief carries off his coat and shoes.

  • آن چنان گرم او به بازی در فتاد  ** کان کلاه و پیرهن رفتش ز یاد  455
  • He is so hotly engaged in play that his cap and shirt are forgotten.

  • شد شب و بازی او شد بی‌مدد  ** رو ندارد کو سوی خانه رود 
  • Night falls, and his play becomes helpless (impossible): he has not the face to go home.

  • نی شنیدی انما الدنیا لعب  ** باد دادی رخت و گشتی مرتعب 
  • Have not you heard (the Verse) the present life is only a play? You have squandered your goods and have become afraid.

  • پیش از آنک شب شود جامه بجو  ** روز را ضایع مکن در گفت و گو 
  • Look for your clothes ere night comes on: do not waste the day in (idle) talk.

  • من به صحرا خلوتی بگزیده‌ام  ** خلق را من دزد جامه دیده‌ام 
  • I have chosen a (place of) seclusion in the desert: I have perceived that manking are stealers of clothes.

  • نیم عمر از آرزوی دلستان  ** نیم عمر از غصه‌های دشمنان  460
  • Half of life (is lost) in desire for a charming friend; (the other) half of life (is lost) in anxieties caused by foes.

  • جبه را برد آن کله را این ببرد  ** غرق بازی گشته ما چون طفل خرد 
  • That (desire) has carried off (our) cloak, this (anxiety) has carried off (our) cap, (while) we have become absorbed in play, like a little child.

  • نک شبانگاه اجل نزدیک شد  ** خل هذا اللعب به سبک لاتعد 
  • Lo, the night-time of death is near. Leave this play: you have (played) enough, do not return (to it).