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  • زان شود آتش رهین سوخته  ** کوست با آتش ز پیش آموخته 
  • The fire is deposited (becomes immanent) in the tinder because it (the tinder) is already familiar with the fire.

  • وز هوا و عشق آن نور رشاد  ** خود صفورا هر دو دیده باد داد 
  • And in sooth Safúrá, from desire and love for that Light of true guidance, sacrificed both her eyes.

  • اولا بر بست یک چشم و بدید  ** نور روی او و آن چشمش پرید 
  • At first she closed one eye and beheld the light of his (Moses') face (with the other); and that eye was lost.

  • بعد از آن صبرش نماند و آن دگر  ** بر گشاد و کرد خرج آن قمر  3085
  • Afterwards she could no longer restrain herself and (therefore) she opened the other (eye) and spent it on that Moon.

  • هم‌چنان مرد مجاهد نان دهد  ** چون برو زد نور طاعت جان دهد 
  • Even so the (spiritual) warrior (first) gives away his bread; (but) when the light of devotion strikes on him, he gives away his life.

  • پس زنی گفتش ز چشم عبهری  ** که ز دستت رفت حسرت می‌خوری 
  • Then a woman said to her, “Art thou grieving for the jonquil-like eye that thou hast lost?”

  • گفت حسرت می‌خورم که صد هزار  ** دیده بودی تا همی‌کردم نثار 
  • “I am grieving,” she replied, “(to think) would that I had a hundred thousand eyes to lavish (on that Moon)!

  • روزن چشمم ز مه ویران شدست  ** لیک مه چون گنج در ویران نشست 
  • The window, (which is) mine eye, has been ruined by the Moon; but the Moon is seated (there) like the (buried) treasure in the ruin.

  • کی گذارد گنج کین ویرانه‌ام  ** یاد آرد از رواق و خانه‌ام  3090
  • How should the treasure let this ruin of mine have (any regretful) memory of my porch and house?”

  • نور روی یوسفی وقت عبور  ** می‌فتادی در شباک هر قصور 
  • The light of Joseph's face, when he was passing by, used to fall on the latticed windows of every villa,

  • پس بگفتندی درون خانه در  ** یوسفست این سو به سیران و گذر 
  • And the people within the house would say, “Joseph is taking a walk in this quarter and passing by”;

  • زانک بر دیوار دیدندی شعاع  ** فهم کردندی پس اصحاب بقاع 
  • For they would see the radiance on the wall, and then the landlords (inmates) would understand (the cause of it).

  • خانه‌ای را کش دریچه‌ست آن طرف  ** دارد از سیران آن یوسف شرف 
  • The house that has its window in that direction is ennobled by that Joseph's walking for recreation.

  • هین دریچه سوی یوسف باز کن  ** وز شکافش فرجه‌ای آغاز کن  3095
  • Hark, open a window towards Joseph and begin to delight yourself by looking at him through the aperture.

  • عشق‌ورزی آن دریچه کردنست  ** کز جمال دوست سینه روشنست 
  • The business of love is to make that window (in the heart), for the breast is illumined by the beauty of the Beloved.

  • پس هماره روی معشوقه نگر  ** این به دست تست بشنو ای پدر 
  • Therefore gaze incessantly on the face of the Beloved! This is in your power. Hearken, O father!

  • راه کن در اندرونها خویش را  ** دور کن ادراک غیراندیش را 
  • Make a way for yourself into the innermost parts: banish the perception that is concerned with other (than God).

  • کیمیا داری دوای پوست کن  ** دشمنان را زین صناعت دوست کن 
  • You possess an elixir: treat your (vile) skin (with it), and by means of this art (alchemy) make your enemies your friends.

  • چون شدی زیبا بدان زیبا رسی  ** که رهاند روح را از بی‌کسی  3100
  • When you have become beauteous you will attain unto the Beauteous One who delivers the spirit from friendlessness.

  • پرورش مر باغ جانها را نمش  ** زنده کرده مرده‌ی غم را دمش 
  • His moisture (grace) is nourishment for the garden of spirits; His breath revives him that has died of anguish.

  • نه همه ملک جهان دون دهد  ** صد هزاران ملک گوناگون دهد 
  • He does not (only) bestow (on you) the entire kingdom of the base world; He bestows a hundred thousand kingdoms of diverse kinds.

  • بر سر ملک جمالش داد حق  ** ملکت تعبیر بی‌درس و سبق 
  • God gave him (Joseph), in addition to the kingdom of beauty, the kingdom of interpretation (of dreams) without his having studied and taken lessons (in that science).

  • ملکت حسنش سوی زندان کشید  ** ملکت علمش سوی کیوان کشید 
  • The kingdom of beauty led him to prison; the kingdom of knowledge led him to Saturn.

  • شه غلام او شد از علم و هنر  ** ملک علم از ملک حسن استوده‌تر  3105
  • Because of his knowledge and skill (in interpretation) the King (of Egypt) became his slave: the kingdom of knowledge is more praiseworthy than the kingdom of beauty.

  • رجوع کردن به حکایت آن شخص وام کرده و آمدن او به امید عنایت آن محتسب سوی تبریز 
  • Return to the Story of the man who incurred (great) debts and his coming to Tabríz in hope of (enjoying) the favour of the Inspector of Police.

  • آن غریب ممتحن از بیم وام  ** در ره آمد سوی آن دارالسلام 
  • The poor stranger, (who was) afflicted with fear on account of his debts, set out on the way to that Abode of Peace.