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  • جبرئیلا رو که من افروخته ** بهترم چون عود و عنبر سوخته
  • Begone, O (thou who art like) Gabriel, for, having been kindled (with the flame of love), I, like aloes-wood and ambergris, am better (when) burnt.

  • جبرئیلا گر چه یاری می‌کنی ** چون برادر پاس داری می‌کنی
  • O Gabriel, although thou art helping and guarding (me) like a brother,

  • ای برادر من بر آذر چابکم ** من نه آن جانم که گردم بیش و کم
  • (Yet), O brother, I am eager for the fire: I am not that (animal) spirit, that I should become more and (then) less.”

  • جان حیوانی فزاید از علف ** آتشی بود و چو هیزم شد تلف
  • The animal spirit is increased by fodder: it (the animal spirit) was a fire and was consumed like firewood.

  • گر نگشتی هیزم او مثمر بدی ** تا ابد معمور و هم عامر بدی 4220
  • Had it not become firewood, it would have been fruitful: it would have prospered unto everlasting and would have caused prosperity.

  • باد سوزانت این آتش بدان ** پرتو آتش بود نه عین آن
  • Know that this fire is a burning wind: it is a ray of fire, not the essence thereof.

  • عین آتش در اثیر آمد یقین ** پرتو و سایه‌ی ویست اندر زمین
  • Assuredly the essence of fire is in the aether: on the earth there is (only) its ray and shadow (reflexion).

  • لاجرم پرتو نپاید ز اضطراب ** سوی معدن باز می‌گردد شتاب
  • Of necessity, the ray, on account of quivering, does not endure: it is speedily returning to its source.

  • قامت تو بر قرار آمد بساز ** سایه‌ات کوته دمی یکدم دراز
  • Your stature is normally invariable, (but) your shadow is now short, now long.

  • زانک در پرتو نیابد کس ثبات ** عکسها وا گشت سوی امهات 4225
  • Inasmuch as no one finds permanence in the ray, (all) the reflexions return to (their) origins.

  • هین دهان بر بند فتنه لب گشاد ** خشک آر الله اعلم بالرشاد
  • Hark, close thy mouth: Mischief has opened its lips. Dry up! God best knoweth the right way.

  • ذکرخیال بد اندیشیدن قاصر فهمان
  • Account of the conception of evil fancies by those deficient in understanding.

  • پیش از آنک این قصه تا مخلص رسد ** دود و گندی آمد از اهل حسد
  • Ere this tale reaches the conclusion, there comes from the envious a vapour of stench.

  • من نمی‌رنجم ازین لیک این لگد ** خاطر ساده‌دلی را پی کند
  • I am not pained by it, but this kick may break the nerve of a simple-hearted man's mind.

  • خوش بیان کرد آن حکیم غزنوی ** بهر محجوبان مثال معنوی
  • Well did the Sage of Ghazna set forth the (following) spiritual parable for the sake of those who are veiled (from perception of the truth),

  • که ز قرآن گر نبیند غیر قال ** این عجب نبود ز اصحاب ضلال 4230
  • (Saying) that if one see in the Qur’án naught but words, this is not surprising on the part of them that have lost the (right) way,

  • کز شعاع آفتاب پر ز نور ** غیر گرمی می‌نیابد چشم کور
  • Since the eye of the blind is sensible of naught but heat from the beams of the luminous sun.

  • خربطی ناگاه از خرخانه‌ای ** سر برون آورد چون طعانه‌ای
  • Suddenly a great booby popped his head out of an ass-stable, like a railing woman,

  • کین سخن پستست یعنی مثنوی ** قصه پیغامبرست و پی‌روی
  • (Saying) that this discourse, namely, the Mathnawí, is low; (that) it is the story of the Prophet and (consists of) imitation;

  • نیست ذکر بحث و اسرار بلند ** که دوانند اولیا آن سو سمند
  • (That) there is no mention of (theosophical) investigation and the sublime mysteries towards which the saints make their steeds gallop;

  • از مقامات تبتل تا فنا ** پایه پایه تا ملاقات خدا 4235
  • (That) from the stations of asceticism to the passing away (from self-existence), step by step up to union with God,

  • شرح و حد هر مقام و منزلی ** که بپر زو بر پرد صاحب‌دلی
  • (It contains not) the explanation and definition of every station and stage, so that by means of the wings thereof a man of heart (a mystic) should soar.

  • چون کتاب الله بیامد هم بر آن ** این چنین طعنه زدند آن کافران
  • When the Book of God (the Qur’án) came (down), the unbelievers railed likewise at it too,

  • که اساطیرست و افسانه‌ی نژند ** نیست تعمیقی و تحقیقی بلند
  • Saying, “It is (mere) legends and paltry tales; there is no profound inquiry and lofty speculation;

  • کودکان خرد فهمش می‌کنند ** نیست جز امر پسند و ناپسند
  • The little children understand it; ’tis naught but things approved and disapproved—

  • ذکر یوسف ذکر زلف پر خمش ** ذکر یعقوب و زلیخا و غمش 4240
  • The account of Joseph, the account of his curly locks, the account of Jacob and Zalíkhá and her passion.