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  • کو که مدح شاه گوید پیش او ** تا که در غیبت بود او شرم رو
  • Where (in what position) is one that praises the king in his presence, compared with one that is shamefaced in absence (from him)?

  • قلعه داری کز کنار مملکت ** دور از سلطان و سایه‌‌ی سلطنت‌‌ 3635
  • The governor of a fortress who, on the border of the kingdom, far from the sultan and the shadow (protection) of the sultanate,

  • پاس دارد قلعه را از دشمنان ** قلعه نفروشد به مال بی‌‌کران‌‌
  • Guards the fortress from enemies and will not sell it for boundless riches,

  • غایب از شه در کنار ثغرها ** همچو حاضر او نگه دارد وفا
  • Who, though absent from the king on the outskirt of the frontiers, keeps faith (with him) like one who is present—

  • پیش شه او به بود از دیگران ** که به خدمت حاضرند و جان فشان‌‌
  • He in the king's sight is better than the rest who are serving in his presence and ready to devote their lives.

  • پس به غیبت نیم ذره‌‌ی حفظ کار ** به که اندر حاضری ز آن صد هزار
  • Therefore half an atom of regard to one's duty in absence is better than a hundred thousand fold observance thereof in presence.

  • طاعت و ایمان کنون محمود شد ** بعد مرگ اندر عیان مردود شد 3640
  • Obedience (to God) and faith are praiseworthy now; after death, when all is plainly shown, they will be spurned.

  • چون که غیب و غایب و رو پوش به ** پس لبان بر بند لب خاموش به‌‌
  • “Inasmuch as the unseen and the absent and the veil are better, close thy lips, and the lip is better silent.

  • ای برادر دست وا دار از سخن ** خود خدا پیدا کند علم لدن‌‌
  • O brother, refrain from speech: God himself will make manifest the knowledge that is with Him (in His possession).

  • بس بود خورشید را رویش گواه ** أی شی‌‌ء أعظم الشاهد إله‌‌
  • Witness enough for the sun is its face: what thing is the greatest witness (of all)? God.”

  • نه بگویم چون قرین شد در بیان ** هم خدا و هم ملک هم عالمان‌‌
  • “Nay, speak I will, since both God and the angels and the men of learning are allied in setting forth (this truth).

  • یشهد الله و الملک و اهل العلوم ** إنه لا رب إلا من یدوم‌‌ 3645
  • God and the angels and those learned in the sciences (of divinity) bear witness that there is no Lord except Him who endureth for ever.”

  • چون گواهی داد حق که بود ملک ** تا شود اندر گواهی مشترک‌‌
  • Since God hath given testimony, who are the angels, that they should be associated in the testimony?

  • ز آن که شعشاع حضور آفتاب ** بر نتابد چشم و دلهای خراب‌‌
  • (They are associated) because unsound (weak) eyes and hearts cannot support the radiance and presence of the Sun,

  • چون خفاشی کاو تف خورشید را ** بر نتابد بگسلد اومید را
  • Like a bat, which cannot bear the glow of the sun and abandons hope.

  • پس ملایک را چو ما هم یار دان ** جلوه گر خورشید را بر آسمان‌‌
  • Know, then, that the angels, as we also, are helpers (co-witnesses)—displayers of the sun in heaven—

  • کاین ضیا ما ز آفتابی یافتیم ** چون خلیفه بر ضعیفان تافتیم‌‌ 3650
  • Who say, “We have derived (our) light from a Sun, we have shone upon the weak, like vicegerents (of a mighty King).”

  • چون مه نو یا سه روزه یا که بدر ** مرتبه‌‌ی هر یک ملک در نور و قدر
  • Like the new moon or the moon three days old or the full moon, every angel has (a particular) perfection and light and (spiritual) worth.

  • ز اجنحه‌‌ی نور ثلاث او رباع ** بر مراتب هر ملک را آن شعاع‌‌
  • Every angel, according to their (different) degrees, has (a portion of) that radiance, consisting of three or four (pairs of) luminous wings,

  • همچو پرهای عقول انسیان ** که بسی فرق است شان اندر میان‌‌
  • Just as the wings of human intellects, amongst which there is great difference (in quality).

  • پس قرین هر بشر در نیک و بد ** آن ملک باشد که مانندش بود
  • Hence the associate of every human being in good and evil is that angel who resembles him or her.

  • چشم اعمش چون که خور را بر نتافت ** اختر او را شمع شد تا ره بیافت‌‌ 3655
  • Since the eye of the dim-sighted man could not bear the sunlight, the star became a candle to him, that he might find the way.

  • گفتن پیغامبر علیه السلام مر زید را که این سر را فاش تر از این مگو و متابعت نگاه دار
  • How the Prophet, on whom be peace, said to Zayd, “Do not tell this mystery more plainly than this, and take care to comply (with the religious law).”

  • گفت پیغمبر که اصحابی نجوم ** رهروان را شمع و شیطان را رجوم‌‌
  • The Prophet said, “My Companions are (like) the stars, a candle to travellers (on the Way), and meteors to be cast at the devils.”

  • هر کسی را گر بدی آن چشم و زور ** کاو گرفتی ز آفتاب چرخ نور
  • If every one had the eye and the strength to receive light from the sun of heaven,

  • کی ستاره حاجت استی ای ذلیل ** که بدی بر نور خورشید او دلیل‌‌
  • O base man, how would the star be needed to demonstrate the (existence of) sunlight?