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  • پس چرا تو خویش را در تهلکه ** می در اندازی چنین در معرکه
  • Then why art thou casting thyself thus into destruction on the field of battle?

  • چون جوان بودی و زفت و سخت‌زه ** تو نمی‌رفتی سوی صف بی زره
  • When thou wert young and robust and strongly-knit, thou didst not go into the battle-line without a coat of mail.

  • چون شدی پیر و ضعیف و منحنی ** پرده‌های لا ابالی می‌زنی 3425
  • Now that thou hast become old and infirm and bent, thou art knocking at the curtains (doors) of recklessness,

  • لا ابالی‌وار با تیغ و سنان ** می‌نمایی دار و گیر و امتحان
  • And with sword and spear, like one who recks of naught, thou art grappling and struggling and making trial (of thyself).

  • تیغ حرمت می‌ندارد پیر را ** کی بود تمییز تیغ و تیر را
  • The sword hath no respect for the old: how should sword and arrow possess discernment?”

  • زین نسق غمخوارگان بی‌خبر ** پند می‌دادند او را از غیر
  • In this manner were the ignorant sympathisers giving him counsel zealously.

  • جواب حمزه مر خلق را
  • The reply of Hamza to the people.

  • گفت حمزه چونک بودم من جوان ** مرگ می‌دیدم وداع این جهان
  • Hamza said, “When I was young, I used to regard farewell to this world as death.

  • سوی مردن کس برغبت کی رود ** پیش اژدرها برهنه کی شود 3430
  • How should any one go to death eagerly? How should he come naked (unarmed) to meet the dragon?

  • لیک از نور محمد من کنون ** نیستم این شهر فانی را زبون
  • But now, through the Light of Mohammed, I am not subject to this city (the world) that is passing away.

  • از برون حس لشکرگاه شاه ** پر همی‌بینم ز نور حق سپاه
  • Beyond (the realm of) the senses, I behold the camp of the (Divine) King thronged with the army of the Light of God,

  • خیمه در خیمه طناب اندر طناب ** شکر آنک کرد بیدارم ز خواب
  • Tent on tent and tent-rope on tent-rope. Thanks be to Him who awakened me from slumber!”

  • آنک مردن پیش چشمش تهلکه‌ست ** امر لا تلقوا بگیرد او به دست
  • That one in whose eyes death is destruction—he takes hold of (clings to) the (Divine) command, “Do not cast (yourselves into destruction)”;

  • و آنک مردن پیش او شد فتح باب ** سارعوا آید مرورا در خطاب 3435
  • And that one to whom death is the opening of the gate—for him in the (Divine) Allocution (the Qur’án) there is (the command), “Vie ye with each other in hastening.”

  • الحذر ای مرگ‌بینان بارعوا ** العجل ای حشربینان سارعوا
  • Beware, O ye who regard death! Surpass one another (in dread of death)! Quick, O ye who regard the Resurrection! Vie ye with each other in hastening!

  • الصلا ای لطف‌بینان افرحوا ** البلا ای قهربینان اترحوا
  • Welcome, O ye who regard the (Divine) grace! Rejoice! Woe (to you), O ye who regard the (Divine) wrath! Be sorrowful!

  • هر که یوسف دید جان کردش فدی ** هر که گرگش دید برگشت از هدی
  • Whosoever deems it (death) to be (lovely as) Joseph gives up his soul in ransom for it; whosoever deems it to be (like) the wolf turns back from (the path of) right guidance.

  • مرگ هر یک ای پسر همرنگ اوست ** پیش دشمن دشمن و بر دوست دوست
  • Every one's death is of the same quality as himself, my lad: to the enemy (of God) an enemy, and to the friend (of God) a friend.

  • پیش ترک آیینه را خوش رنگیست ** پیش زنگی آینه هم زنگیست 3440
  • In the eyes of the Turcoman the mirror hath a fair colour; similarly in the eyes of the Ethiopian the mirror is (dark as) an Ethiopian.

  • آنک می‌ترسی ز مرگ اندر فرار ** آن ز خود ترسانی ای جان هوش دار
  • Your fear of death in fleeing (from it) is (really) your fear of yourself. Take heed, O (dear) soul!

  • روی زشت تست نه رخسار مرگ ** جان تو همچون درخت و مرگ برگ
  • ’Tis your (own) ugly face, not the visage of Death: your spirit is like the tree, and death (is like) the leaf.

  • از تو رستست ار نکویست ار بدست ** ناخوش و خوش هر ضمیرت از خودست
  • It has grown from you, whether it is good or evil: every hidden thought of yours, foul or fair, is (born) from yourself.

  • گر بخاری خسته‌ای خود کشته‌ای ** ور حریر و قزدری خود رشته‌ای
  • If you are wounded by a thorn, you yourself have sown; and if you are (clad) in satin and silk, you yourself have spun.

  • دانک نبود فعل همرنگ جزا ** هیچ خدمت نیست همرنگ عطا 3445
  • Know that the act is not of the same complexion as the requital: the service is nowise of the same complexion as the payment given (in return for it).

  • مزد مزدوران نمی‌ماند بکار ** کان عرض وین جوهرست و پایدار
  • The labourers' wage does not resemble the work, inasmuch as the latter is the accident, while the former is the substance and permanent.

  • آن همه سختی و زورست و عرق ** وین همه سیمست و زرست و طبق
  • The former is wholly hardship and effort and sweat, while the latter is wholly silver and gold and trays (of food).