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  • ور ندانی این دو فکرت از گمان ** لا خلابه گوی و مشتاب و مران
  • And if from (your own) opinion you do not know (the true nature of) these two thoughts, say, “No deception!” and be not in a hurry and do not push forward.
  • حیله دفع مغبون شدن در بیع و شرا
  • The means of preventing one's self from being swindled in sale and purchase.
  • آن یکی یاری پیمبر را بگفت ** که منم در بیعها با غبن جفت
  • A certain friend said to the Prophet, “I am always being swindled in commerce.
  • مکر هر کس کو فروشد یا خرد ** همچو سحرست و ز راهم می‌برد 3495
  • The deceit of every one who sells or buys is like magic and leads me off the track.”
  • گفت در بیعی که ترسی از غرار ** شرط کن سه روز خود را اختیار
  • He (the Prophet) said, “When thou art afraid of being duped in a commercial transaction, stipulate (that thou shalt have) for thyself three days (in which) to choose,
  • که تانی هست از رحمان یقین ** هست تعجیلت ز شیطان لعین
  • For deliberation is assuredly from the Merciful (God); thy haste is from the accursed Devil.”
  • پیش سگ چون لقمه نان افکنی ** بو کند آنگه خورد ای معتنی
  • When you throw a morsel of bread to a dog, he (first) smells, then he eats, O careful one.
  • او ببینی بو کند ما با خرد ** هم ببوییمش به عقل منتقد
  • He smells with the nose, we too (who are endowed) with wisdom smell it (the object submitted to us) with the purified intelligence.
  • با تانی گشت موجود از خدا ** تابه شش روز این زمین و چرخها 3500
  • This earth and the (heavenly) spheres were brought into existence by God with deliberation (extending) to six days;
  • ورنه قادر بود کو کن فیکون ** صد زمین و چرخ آوردی برون
  • Otherwise, He was able—“Be, and it is”—to bring forth a hundred earths and heavens (from non-existence).
  • آدمی را اندک اندک آن همام ** تا چهل سالش کند مرد تمام
  • Little by little till forty years (of age) that Potentate makes the human being a complete man,
  • گرچه قادر بود کاندر یک نفس ** از عدم پران کند پنجاه کس
  • Although He was able in a single moment to set flying (raise up) fifty persons from non-existence.
  • عیسی قادر بود کو از یک دعا ** بی توقف بر جهاند مرده را
  • Jesus by means of one prayer was able to make the dead spring up (to life) without delay:
  • خالق عیسی بنتواند که او ** بی توقف مردم آرد تو بتو 3505
  • Is the Creator of Jesus unable, without delay, to bring (full-grown) men in manifold succession (into existence)?
  • این تانی از پی تعلیم تست ** که طلب آهسته باید بی سکست
  • This deliberation is for the purpose of teaching you that you must seek (God) slowly without (any) break.
  • جو یکی کوچک که دایم می‌رود ** نه نجس گردد نه گنده می‌شود
  • A little rivulet which is moving continually does not become defiled or grow fetid.
  • زین تانی زاید اقبال و سرور ** این تانی بیضه دولت چون طیور
  • From this deliberation are born felicity and joy: this deliberation is the egg, fortune is like the birds (hatched from the egg).
  • مرغ کی ماند به بیضه‌ای عنید ** گرچه از بیضه همی آید پدید
  • How should the bird resemble the egg, O obstinate one, though it is produced from the egg?
  • باش تا اجزای تو چون بیضه‌ها ** مرغها زایند اندر انتها 3510
  • Wait till your limbs, like eggs, hatch birds ultimately (at the Resurrection)!
  • بیضه‌ی مار ارچه ماند در شبه ** بیضه گنجشک را دورست ره
  • Though the serpent's egg resembles the sparrow's egg in (outward) likeness, the distance (between them) is far.
  • دانه‌ی آبی به دانه سیب نیز ** گرچه ماند فرقها دان ای عزیز
  • Again, though the seed of the quince resembles the seed of the apple, recognise the differences, O honoured (sir).
  • برگها هم‌رنگ باشد در نظر ** میوه‌ها هر یک بود نوعی دگر
  • Leaves are of the same colour to look at, (but) fruits, every one, are of a diverse sort.
  • برگهای جسمها ماننده‌اند ** لیک هر جانی بریعی زنده‌اند
  • The leaves, (namely) the bodies, are similar, but every soul lives with a (different) produce (which it yields).
  • خلق در بازار یکسان می‌روند ** آن یکی در ذوق و دیگر دردمند 3515
  • In the bazaar the people go (about their business) all alike, (but) one is in glee and another sorrowful.
  • همچنان در مرگ یکسان می‌رویم ** نیم در خسران و نیمی خسرویم
  • Even so in death: we go all alike, (but) half of us are losers and (the other) half are (fortunate as) emperors.
  • وفات یافتن بلال رضی الله عنه با شادی
  • How Bilál, may God be well-pleased with him, died rejoicing.
  • چون بلال از ضعف شد همچون هلال ** رنگ مرگ افتاد بر روی بلال
  • When Bilál from weakness became (thin) as the new-moon, the hue of death fell upon Bilál's face.