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  • آب را بستود و او تایق نبود  ** رخ درید و جامه او عاشق نبود 
  • He praised the water, but he had no longing (for it); he tore his face and raiment, but he was no lover.

  • از منافق عذر رد آمد نه خوب  ** زانک در لب بود آن نه در قلوب 
  • The excuse made by the hypocrite was bad, not good, because it was (only) on their lips, not in their hearts.

  • بوی سیبش هست جزو سیب نیست  ** بو درو جز از پی آسیب نیست 
  • He (the hypocrite) has the smell of the apple, but no part of the apple (itself); and in him (even) the smell is only for the purpose of (coming into) contact (with the true believers).

  • حمله‌ی زن در میان کارزار  ** نشکند صف بلک گردد کارزار 
  • The charge of a woman in battle does not break the (hostile) ranks; nay, her plight becomes pitiable.

  • گرچه می‌بینی چو شیر اندر صفش  ** تیغ بگرفته همی‌لرزد کفش  2460
  • Though you see her take the sword (and fight) like a lion amidst the ranks, (yet) her hand trembles.

  • وای آنک عقل او ماده بود  ** نفس زشتش نر و آماده بود 
  • Alas for him whose reason is female, while his wicked fleshly soul is male and ready (to gratify its lust)!

  • لاجرم مغلوب باشد عقل او  ** جز سوی خسران نباشد نقل او 
  • Of necessity, his reason is vanquished: his movement is towards naught but perdition.

  • ای خنک آن کس که عقلش نر بود  ** نفس زشتش ماده و مضطر بود 
  • Oh, blest is that one whose reason is male, while his wicked fleshly soul is female and helpless;

  • عقل جزوی‌اش نر و غالب بود  ** نفس انثی را خرد سالب بود 
  • Whose particular (individual) reason is male and dominant, (so that) his intellect deprives the female fleshly soul (of power to do mischief).

  • حمله‌ی ماده به صورت هم جریست  ** آفت او هم‌چو آن خر از خریست  2465
  • The attack of the female, too, is bold in appearance; her defect, as (in the case of) that ass, arises from asininity.

  • وصف حیوانی بود بر زن فزون  ** زانک سوی رنگ و بو دارد رکون 
  • The animal nature prevails in woman, because she has an inclination towards colour and scent.

  • رنگ و بوی سبزه‌زار آن خر شنید  ** جمله حجتها ز طبع او رمید 
  • (When) the ass heard of the colour and scent of the meadow, all arguments (in favour of trust in God) disgusted him.

  • تشنه محتاج مطر شد وابر نه  ** نفس را جوع البقر بد صبر نه 
  • The thirsty man wanted rain, and there was no cloud; the fleshly soul was ravenously hungry, and there was no self-restraint.

  • اسپر آهن بود صبر ای پدر  ** حق نبشته بر سپر جاء الظفر 
  • Self-restraint is an iron shield, O father: upon the shield (of self-restraint) God hath written (the words), “Victory will come.”

  • صد دلیل آرد مقلد در بیان  ** از قیاسی گوید آن را نه از عیان  2470
  • The imitator brings forward a hundred proofs in his exposition, (but) he speaks (gives) them from ratiocination, not from immediate experience.

  • مشک‌آلودست الا مشک نیست  ** بوی مشکستش ولی جز پشک نیست 
  • He is tinctured with musk, but he is not musk: he has the scent of musk, but he is only dung.

  • تا که پشکی مشک گردد ای مرید  ** سالها باید در آن روضه چرید 
  • In order that a piece of dung may become musk, O disciple, one must browse for years in that (spiritual) garden.

  • که نباید خورد و جو هم‌چون خران  ** آهوانه در ختن چر ارغوان 
  • One must not eat straw and barley, like asses: browse on arghawán, like the musk-deer in Khutan.

  • جز قرنفل یا سمن یا گل مچر  ** رو به صحرای ختن با آن نفر 
  • Do not browse on aught but clove, jasmine, or roses: go to the plain of Khutan in company with those (saintly) personages.

  • معده را خو کن بدان ریحان و گل  ** تا بیابی حکمت و قوت رسل  2475
  • Accustom your belly to the sweet basil and the rose, that you may gain the wisdom and (spiritual) food of the prophets.

  • خوی معده زین که و جو باز کن  ** خوردن ریحان و گل آغاز کن 
  • Break your belly of its habit of (eating) this straw and barley: begin to eat the sweet basil and the rose.

  • معده‌ی تن سوی کهدان می‌کشد  ** معده‌ی دل سوی ریحان می‌کشد 
  • The corporeal belly leads to the straw-barn; the spiritual belly leads to the sweet basil.

  • هر که کاه و جو خورد قربان شود  ** هر که نور حق خورد قرآن شود 
  • Whoever feeds on straw and barley becomes a sacrifice (qurbán); whoever feeds on the Light of God becomes the Qur’án.

  • نیم تو مشکست و نیمی پشک هین  ** هین میفزا پشک افزا مشک چین 
  • Beware! Half of you is musk and half is dung. Beware! Do not increase the dung, increase the Chinese musk.

  • آن مقلد صد دلیل و صد بیان  ** در زبان آرد ندارد هیچ جان  2480
  • The imitator brings on to his tongue a hundred proofs and explanations, but he has no soul.