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  • شیر کشتن سوی خیمه آمدن  ** وان ذکر قایم چو شاخ کرگدن 
  • His killing the lion and returning to the tent pene erecto tanquam cornu rhinocerotis; [His killing the lion and returning to the tent with the penis erect like the horn of a rhinoceros;]

  • باز این سستی این ناموس‌کوش  ** کو فرو مرد از یکی خش خشت موش 
  • Contra, hujus (membri) ambitiosi debilatatem quod ob unum muris susurrum succidit. [(And) again, the weakness of the ambitious one (the male organ) that collapsed (as though) dead because of the rustling of a mouse.]

  • رازها را می‌کند حق آشکار  ** چون بخواهد رست تخم بد مکار 
  • God is ever making the hidden things manifest: since they will grow up, do not sow bad seed.

  • آب و ابر و آتش و این آفتاب  ** رازها را می برآرد از تراب  3970
  • Rain and clouds and fire and this sun are ever bringing up the hidden things from the earth.

  • این بهار نو ز بعد برگ‌ریز  ** هست برهان وجود رستخیز 
  • This new springtide after the fall of the leaves is a proof of the existence of the Resurrection.

  • در بهار آن سرها پیدا شود  ** هر چه خوردست این زمین رسوا شود 
  • In spring the secrets are revealed: whatsoever this Earth has eaten is exposed to view.

  • بر دمد آن از دهان و از لبش  ** تا پدید آید ضمیر و مذهبش 
  • It shoots up from her mouth and lips in order that she may bring to light her hidden mind and way.

  • سر بیخ هر درختی و خورش  ** جملگی پیدا شود آن بر سرش 
  • The secret of the root of every tree and its nutriment—the whole of that is plainly shown forth on its (leafy) top.

  • هر غمی کز وی تو دل آزرده‌ای  ** از خمار می بود کان خورده‌ای  3975
  • Every sorrow whereby thou art (made) sore in heart is the headache arising from the wine that thou hast drunk;

  • لیک کی دانی که آن رنج خمار  ** از کدامین می بر آمد آشکار 
  • But how shouldst thou know from which wine that headache has arisen (and become) manifest?

  • این خمار اشکوفه‌ی آن دانه است  ** آن شناسد کاگه و فرزانه است 
  • This crop-sickness (headache) is the blossom of that seed (only) he that is sagacious and wise will recognise it.

  • شاخ و اشکوفه نماند دانه را  ** نطفه کی ماند تن مردانه را 
  • The bough and its blossom do not resemble the seed: how should semen resemble the body of man?

  • نیست مانندا هیولا با اثر  ** دانه کی ماننده آمد با شجر 
  • The matter (of which anything is composed) does not resemble the product: when did the seed (ever) resemble the tree (that sprang from it)?

  • نطفه از نانست کی باشد چو نان  ** مردم از نطفه‌ست کی باشد چنان  3980
  • Semen is (the product) of bread, (but) how should it be like bread? Man is (the product) of semen, (but) how should he be like it?

  • جنی از نارست کی ماند به نار  ** از بخارست ابر و نبود چون بخار 
  • The Jinní is (created) from fire, (but) how should he resemble fire? The cloud is (produced) from vapour, but it is not like vapour.

  • از دم جبریل عیسی شد پدید  ** کی به صورت هم‌چو او بد یا ندید 
  • Jesus was produced from the breath of Gabriel, (but) when was he (ever) like him in form or comparable (to him in that respect)?

  • آدم از خاکست کی ماند به خاک  ** هیچ انگوری نمی‌ماند به تاک 
  • Adam is (made) of earth, (but) how should he resemble earth? No grape resembles the vine.

  • کی بود دزدی به شکل پای‌دار  ** کی بود طاعت چو خلد پایدار 
  • How should robbery look like the foot of the gallows? How should piety be like the everlasting abode (Paradise)?

  • هیچ اصلی نیست مانند اثر  ** پس ندانی اصل رنج و درد سر  3985
  • No origin resembles its product; therefore thou canst not know the origin of (thy) pain and headache.

  • لیک بی‌اصلی نباشدت این جزا  ** بی‌گناهی کی برنجاند خدا 
  • But this punishment is not without an origin: how should God inflict pain without any sin (having been committed)?

  • آنچ اصلست و کشنده‌ی آن شی است  ** گر نمی‌ماند بوی هم از وی است 
  • That which is the origin and bringer-on of that (painful) thing—if it (the painful thing) does not resemble it, still it is (produced) from it.

  • پس بدان رنجت نتیجه‌ی زلتیست  ** آفت این ضربتت از شهوتیست 
  • Know, then, that thy pain is the result of some lapse (and that) this woe with which thou art stricken arises from some lust.

  • گر ندانی آن گنه را ز اعتبار  ** زود زاری کن طلب کن اغتفار 
  • If thou canst not discern that sin by means of consideration, at once make humble entreaty and seek pardon (from God).

  • سجده کن صد بار می‌گوی ای خدا  ** نیست این غم غیر درخورد و سزا  3990
  • Prostrate thyself a hundred times and keep saying, “O God, this pain is nothing but my due and desert.

  • ای تو سبحان پاک از ظلم و ستم  ** کی دهی بی‌جرم جان را درد و غم 
  • O Thou who art transcendent in holiness and free from (all) injustice and oppression, how shouldst Thou inflict grief and pain upon the soul when it has not sinned?