- He replied, “These rascals are proposing to make me Cadi in this their city. 2420
- گفت این اوباش رایی میزنند ** تا در این شهر خودم قاضی کنند
- I raised objections, (but) they said to me, ‘Nay, there is none so learned and accomplished as thou.
- دفع میگفتم مرا گفتند نی ** نیست چون تو عالمی صاحب فنی
- Whilst thou art in existence, it is unlawful and wicked that any one inferior to thee should cite Prophetic Traditions in the office of Cadi.
- با وجود تو حرام است و خبیث ** که کم از تو در قضا گوید حدیث
- Permission is not (given) in the Law, that we should appoint one less than thee as (our) prince and leader.’
- در شریعت نیست دستوری که ما ** کمتر از تو شه کنیم و پیشوا
- By this necessity I was made distraught and mad (in appearance), but inwardly I am just the same as I was.
- زین ضرورت گیج و دیوانه شدم ** لیک در باطن همانم که بدم
- My intelligence is the (hidden) treasure, and I am the ruin (which covers it); if I display the treasure, (then) I am mad (indeed). 2425
- عقل من گنج است و من ویرانهام ** گنج اگر پیدا کنم دیوانهام
- The (real) madman is he that has not gone mad, he that has seen this night patrol and has not gone home.
- اوست دیوانه که دیوانه نشد ** این عسس را دید و در خانه نشد
- My knowledge is substantial, not accidental; and this precious (thing) is not for (the purpose of gaining) every (worldly) interest.
- دانش من جوهر آمد نه عرض ** این بهایی نیست بهر هر غرض
- I am a mine of candy, I am a plantation of sugar-canes: it is growing from me, and at the same time I am eating (of it).
- کان قندم نیستان شکرم ** هم ز من میروید و من میخورم
- Knowledge is conventional and acquired (not real), when he (its owner) laments because the hearer is averse to (hearing) it.
- علم تقلیدی و تعلیمی است آن ** کز نفورش مستمع دارد فغان