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1626-1650

  • کر اصلی کش نبود آغاز گوش ** لال باشد کی کند در نطق جوش‌‌
  • He that is deaf by nature, he that had no ear at the beginning, is dumb: how should he burst into speech?

  • ز آن که اول سمع باید نطق را ** سوی منطق از ره سمع اندر آ
  • Since, in order to speak, one must first hear, do thou come to speech by the way of hearing.

  • ادخلوا الأبیات من أبوابها ** و اطلبوا الأغراض فی أسبابها
  • And enter ye the houses by their doors, and seek ye the ends in their causes.

  • نطق کان موقوف راه سمع نیست ** جز که نطق خالق بی‌‌طمع نیست‌‌
  • There is no speech independent of the way of hearing except the speech of the Creator who is without want.

  • مبدع است او تابع استاد نی ** مسند جمله و را اسناد نی‌‌ 1630
  • He is the Originator, He follows no master; He is the support of all things, He hath no support,

  • باقیان هم در حرف هم در مقال ** تابع استاد و محتاج مثال‌‌
  • (While) the rest, (engaged) in handicrafts and talk, follow a master and have need of a pattern.

  • زین سخن گر نیستی بیگانه‌‌ای ** دلق و اشکی گیر در ویرانه‌‌ای‌‌
  • If thou art not alien to (unfit to hear) this discourse, assume the frock of a dervish and (take to shedding) tears in some deserted place,

  • ز آن که آدم ز آن عتاب از اشک رست ** اشک تر باشد دم توبه پرست‌‌
  • Because Adam by means of tears escaped from that reproof: moist tears are the breath (speech) of the penitent.

  • بهر گریه آمد آدم بر زمین ** تا بود گریان و نالان و حزین‌‌
  • For weeping's sake Adam came (down) to the earth, that he might be weeping and moaning and sorrowful.

  • آدم از فردوس و از بالای هفت ** پای ماچان از برای عذر رفت‌‌ 1635
  • Adam, (cast out) from Paradise and from above the Seven (Heavens), went to the “shoe-row” for the purpose of excusing himself.

  • گر ز پشت آدمی وز صلب او ** در طلب می‌‌باش هم در طلب او
  • If thou art from the back of Adam and from his loins, be constant in seeking (forgiveness) amongst his company.

  • ز آتش دل و آب دیده نقل ساز ** بوستان از ابر و خورشید است باز
  • Prepare a dessert of heart-fire (burning grief) and eye-water (tears): the garden is made open (blooming) by cloud and sun.

  • تو چه دانی قدر آب دیده‌‌گان ** عاشق نانی تو چون نادیدگان‌‌
  • What dost thou know of the taste of the water of the eyes? Thou art a lover of bread, like the blind (beggars).

  • گر تو این انبان ز نان خالی کنی ** پر ز گوهرهای اجلالی کنی‌‌
  • If thou make this wallet empty of bread, thou wilt make it full of glorious jewels.

  • طفل جان از شیر شیطان باز کن ** بعد از آنش با ملک انباز کن‌‌ 1640
  • Wean the babe, thy soul, from the Devil's milk, and after that make it consort with the Angel.

  • تا تو تاریک و ملول و تیره‌‌ای ** دان که با دیو لعین همشیره‌‌ای‌‌
  • Whilst thou art dark and vexed and gloomy, know that thou art sucking from the same breast as the accursed Devil.

  • لقمه‌‌ای کان نور افزود و کمال ** آن بود آورده از کسب حلال‌‌
  • The mouthful that gave increase of light and perfection is obtained from lawful earnings.

  • روغنی کاید چراغ ما کشد ** آب خوانش چون چراغی را کشد
  • The oil that comes and quenches our lamp—when it quenches a lamp, call it water.

  • علم و حکمت زاید از لقمه‌‌ی حلال ** عشق و رقت آید از لقمه‌‌ی حلال‌‌
  • From the lawful morsel are born knowledge and wisdom; from the lawful morsel come love and tenderness.

  • چون ز لقمه تو حسد بینی و دام ** جهل و غفلت زاید آن را دان حرام‌‌ 1645
  • When from a morsel thou seest (arise) envy and guile, (and when) ignorance and heedlessness are born (of it), know that it is unlawful.

  • هیچ گندم کاری و جو بر دهد ** دیده‌‌ای اسبی که کره‌‌ی خر دهد
  • Wilt thou sow wheat and will it produce barley? Hast thou seen a mare bring forth an ass's colt?

  • لقمه تخم است و برش اندیشه‌‌ها ** لقمه بحر و گوهرش اندیشه‌‌ها
  • The morsel is seed, and thoughts are its fruit; the morsel is the sea, and thoughts are its pearls.

  • زاید از لقمه‌‌ی حلال اندر دهان ** میل خدمت عزم رفتن آن جهان‌‌
  • From the lawful morsel in the mouth is born the inclination to serve (God) and the resolve to go to yonder world.

  • باز گفتن بازرگان با طوطی آن چه دید از طوطیان هندوستان‌‌
  • How the merchant related to the parrot what he had witnessed on the part of the parrots of India.

  • کرد بازرگان تجارت را تمام ** باز آمد سوی منزل دوست کام‌‌
  • The merchant finished his trading and returned home (prosperously) to the joy of his friends.

  • هر غلامی را بیاورد ارمغان ** هر کنیزک را ببخشید او نشان‌‌ 1650
  • He brought a present for every male slave, he gave a token to every slave-girl.