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  • کار کن هین که سلیمان زنده است  ** تا تو دیوی تیغ او برنده است 
  • Beware, do (good) works, for Solomon is alive: so long as you are a devil, his sword is cutting;

  • چون فرشته گشته از تیغ آمنیست  ** از سلیمان هیچ او را خوف نیست  3185
  • When he (the devil) becomes an angel, he is safe from the sword and has no dread of Solomon.

  • حکم او بر دیو باشد نه ملک  ** رنج در خاکست نه فوق فلک 
  • His (Solomon's) sway is over the devil, not (over) the angel: pain is on the earth, not above the sky.

  • ترک کن این جبر را که بس تهیست  ** تا بدانی سر سر جبر چیست 
  • Abandon this Necessitarianism, which is very empty (of good), in order that you may know what is the inmost secret of Necessity.

  • ترک کن این جبر جمع منبلان  ** تا خبر یابی از آن جبر چو جان 
  • Abandon this Necessitarianism of the idle party, in order that you may gain knowledge of the Necessity that is (dear) as the soul.

  • ترک معشوقی کن و کن عاشقی  ** ای گمان برده که خوب و فایقی 
  • Abandon the state of being loved (by men) and adopt the practice of loving (God), O you who think that you are excellent and pre-eminent.

  • ای که در معنی ز شب خامش‌تری  ** گفت خود را چند جویی مشتری  3190
  • O you who really are more silent than Night, how long will you seek a purchaser for your words?

  • سر بجنبانند پیشت بهر تو  ** رفت در سودای ایشان دهر تو 
  • They (your hearers) nod their heads in your presence for (the purpose of assenting to) you: your time is wasted in the passionate desire of (attracting) them.

  • تو مرا گویی حسد اندر مپیچ  ** چه حسد آرد کسی از فوت هیچ 
  • You say to me, ‘Don't indulge in envy,’ (but) how should any one feel envy in consequence of losing naught?

  • هست تعلیم خسان ای چشم‌شوخ  ** هم‌چو نقش خرد کردن بر کلوخ 
  • O impudent man, instruction given to the worthless is like drawing a little design on a clod of earth.

  • خویش را تعلیم کن عشق و نظر  ** که آن بود چون نقش فی جرم الحجر 
  • Instruct thyself in love (of God) and (spiritual) insight; for that is like a design (engraved) on a solid mass of stone.

  • نفس تو با تست شاگرد وفا  ** غیر فانی شد کجا جویی کجا  3195
  • Your own self is the (only) pupil that is (really) faithful to you: (all) the others perish: where will you seek them, where?

  • تا کنی مر غیر را حبر و سنی  ** خویش را بدخو و خالی می‌کنی 
  • In order that you may make others erudite and eminent, you are making yourself evil-natured and empty (of true knowledge).

  • متصل چون شد دلت با آن عدن  ** هین بگو مهراس از خالی شدن 
  • (But) when your heart is united with that Eden (of Reality), hark, speak on, and be not afraid of becoming empty.

  • امر قل زین آمدش کای راستین  ** کم نخواهد شد بگو دریاست این 
  • Hence the (Divine) command, ‘Speak!’ came to him (the Prophet), saying, ‘O righteous one, it will not fail: this is an (infinite) ocean.’

  • انصتوا یعنی که آبت را بلاغ  ** هین تلف کم کن که لب‌خشکست باغ 
  • (God said), ‘Be ye silent,’ that is, ‘do not waste your water in idle talk, for the orchard is dry-lipped (thirsty).’

  • این سخن پایان ندارد ای پدر  ** این سخن را ترک کن پایان نگر  3200
  • This discourse hath no end, O father: leave this discourse and consider the end.

  • غیرتم آید که پیشت بیستند  ** بر تو می‌خندند عاشق نیستند 
  • I am not jealous that they (your pupils) stand (listening) in your presence: they are (really) mocking you, they are not lovers.

  • عاشقانت در پس پرده‌ی کرم  ** بهر تو نعره‌زنان بین دم بدم 
  • Behold your (true) lovers behind the veil of the (Divine) Bounty, crying aloud for you continually.

  • عاشق آن عاشقان غیب باش  ** عاشقان پنج روزه کم تراش 
  • Be the lover of those unseen lovers: do not cherish the lovers who last (no more than) five days;

  • که بخوردندت ز خدعه و جذبه‌ای  ** سالها زیشان ندیدی حبه‌ای 
  • For they have devoured you by means of a (great) deceit and attraction (exerted upon you), and during (many) years you have never seen a grain (of profit) from them.

  • چند هنگامه نهی بر راه عام  ** گام خستی بر نیامد هیچ کام  3205
  • How long will you set up a show on the public road? You are footsore (with travel), and no desire (of yours) has been fulfilled.

  • وقت صحت جمله یارند و حریف  ** وقت درد و غم به جز حق کو الیف 
  • When you enjoy good health all of them are your friends and comrades, (but) in the hour of pain and sorrow where is any familiar friend but God?

  • وقت درد چشم و دندان هیچ کس  ** دست تو گیرد به جز فریاد رس 
  • In the hour of eye-ache or toothache will any one take your hand (to help) except Him who comes at the cry of distress?

  • پس همان درد و مرض را یاد دار  ** چون ایاز از پوستین کن اعتبار 
  • Therefore (always) recollect that sickness and pain: take warning (from it), like Ayáz from that sheepskin jacket.