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1590-1614

  • زان عمامه‌ی زفت نابایست او ** ماند یک گز کهنه‌ای در دست او 1590
  • Of that big improper turban of his there remained in his (the robber's) hand (only) an ell of old cloth.

  • بر زمین زد خرقه را کای بی‌عیار ** زین دغل ما را بر آوردی ز کار
  • He dashed the rag on the ground, saying, “O worthless man, by this fraud you have put me out of business (deprived me of profit).”

  • نصیحت دنیا اهل دنیا را به زبان حال و بی‌وفایی خود را نمودن به وفا طمع دارندگان ازو
  • The World's mute admonition to worldlings, and how it displays its faithlessness to those who have hope of its keeping faith (with them).

  • گفت بنمودم دغل لیکن ترا ** از نصیحت باز گفتم ماجرا
  • He (the divine) said, “I defrauded (you), but (at the same time) I declared to you the (truth of the) matter by way of admonition.”

  • هم‌چنین دنیا اگر چه خوش شکفت ** بانگ زد هم بی‌وفایی خویش گفت
  • Likewise the World, though it blossomed delightfully (made a fair show), at the same time uttered a (warning) cry and declared its faithlessness.

  • اندرین کون و فساد ای اوستاد ** آن دغل کون و نصیحت آن فساد
  • In this (realm of) existence and corruption, O master, existence is the fraud and that corruption is the admonition.

  • کون می‌گوید بیا من خوش‌پیم ** وآن فسادش گفته رو من لا شی‌ام 1595
  • Existence says, “Come, I am delectable,” and its corruption says, “Go, I am nothing.”

  • ای ز خوبی بهاران لب گزان ** بنگر آن سردی و زردی خزان
  • O thou that bitest thy lip (in admiration) at the beauty of spring, look on the coldness and paleness of autumn.

  • روز دیدی طلعت خورشید خوب ** مرگ او را یاد کن وقت غروب
  • In the daytime thou didst deem the countenance of the sun beauteous: remember its death in the moment of setting.

  • بدر را دیدی برین خوش چار طاق ** حسرتش را هم ببین اندر محاق
  • Thou sawest the full-moon on this lovely firmament: observe also its anguish (caused by the loss of visibility) during the interlunar period.

  • کودکی از حسن شد مولای خلق ** بعد فردا شد خرف رسوای خلق
  • A boy, on account of his beauty, became the lord of the people: after the morrow he became doting and exposed to the scorn of the people.

  • گر تن سیمین‌تنان کردت شکار ** بعد پیری بین تنی چون پنبه‌زار 1600
  • If the body of those in the fresh bloom of youth has made thee a prey, after (it has come to) old age behold a body (bleached) like a cotton plantation.

  • ای بدیده لوتهای چرب خیز ** فضله‌ی آن را ببین در آب‌ریز
  • O thou who hast seen rich viands, arise and see the residue thereof in the latrine.

  • مر خبث را گو که آن خوبیت کو ** بر طبق آن ذوق و آن نغزی و بو
  • Say to the filth, “Where is that beauty of thine—the savour and goodliness and (sweet) scent (which thou hadst) in the dish?”

  • گوید او آن دانه بد من دام آن ** چون شدی تو صید شد دانه نهان
  • It replies, “That (beauty) was the bait: I was its trap: since thou hast fallen a prey (to it), the bait has become hidden.”

  • بس انامل رشک استادان شده ** در صناعت عاقبت لرزان شده
  • Many fingers that in handicraft (skill and dexterity) were the envy of master craftsmen have at last become trembling.

  • نرگس چشم خمار هم‌چو جان ** آخر اعمش بین و آب از وی چکان 1605
  • The soul-like intoxicating narcissus-eye (of the beloved)—see it dimmed at last and water trickling from it.

  • حیدری کاندر صف شیران رود ** آخر او مغلوب موشی می‌شود
  • The lion (hero) who advances into the ranks of lions (valiant foes)—at last he is conquered by a mouse.

  • طبع تیز دوربین محترف ** چون خر پیرش ببین آخر خرف
  • The acute, far-seeing, artful genius—behold it at last imbecile as an old ass.

  • زلف جعد مشکبار عقل‌بر ** آخرا چون دم زشت خنگ خر
  • The curly lock that sheds (a fragrance of) musk and takes away the reason—at last it is like the ugly white tail of a donkey.

  • خوش ببین کونش ز اول باگشاد ** وآخر آن رسواییش بین و فساد
  • Observe its (the World's) existence, (how) at first (it is) pleasing and joyous; and observe its shamefulness and corruption in the end;

  • زانک او بنمود پیدا دام را ** پیش تو بر کند سبلت خام را 1610
  • For it showed the snare plainly: it plucked out the fool's moustache in thy presence.

  • پس مگو دنیا به تزویرم فریفت ** ورنه عقل من ز دامش می‌گریخت
  • Do not say, then, “The World deceived me by its imposture; otherwise, my reason would have fled from its snare.”

  • طوق زرین و حمایل بین هله ** غل و زنجیری شدست و سلسله
  • Come now, see (how) the golden collar and shoulder-belt have become a shackle and gyve and chain.

  • همچنین هر جزو عالم می‌شمر ** اول و آخر در آرش در نظر
  • Reckon every particle of the World (to be) like this: bring its beginning and its end into consideration.

  • هر که آخربین‌تر او مسعودتر ** هر که آخربین‌تر او مطرودتر
  • The more any one regards the end (ákhir) the more blessed he is; the more any one regards the stable (ákhur) the more banned he is.