He (the deputy) said, ‘The litigants know (the truth of their case) and (nevertheless) are unsound (prejudiced); you are ignorant (of the facts), but you are the luminary of the whole body (of Moslems),
گفت خصمان عالمند و علتی ** جاهلی تو لیک شمع ملتی
Because you have no prejudice to interfere (with your discernment), and that freedom (from prejudice) is light to the eyes;2750
ز انکه تو علت نداری در میان ** آن فراغت هست نور دیدهگان
While those two who know are blinded by their self-interest: prejudice has put their knowledge into the grave.
و آن دو عالم را غرضشان کور کرد ** علمشان را علت اندر گور کرد
Unprejudicedness makes ignorance wise; prejudice makes knowledge perverse and iniquitous.
جهل را بیعلتی عالم کند ** علم را علت کژ و ظالم کند
So long as you accept no bribe, you are seeing; when you act covetously, you are blind and enslaved.’
تا تو رشوت نستدی بینندهای ** چون طمع کردی ضریر و بندهای
I have turned my nature away from vain desire: I have not eaten delicious morsels.
از هوا من خوی را واکردهام ** لقمههای شهوتی کم خوردهام
My heart, which tastes (and distinguishes), has become bright (like a clear mirror): it really knows truth from falsehood.2755
چاشنی گیر دلم شد با فروغ ** راست را داند حقیقت از دروغ
How Mu‘áwiya—may God be well-pleased with him!— induced Iblís to confess.
به اقرار آوردن معاویه ابلیس را
Why did you awaken me? You are the enemy of wakefulness, O trickster.
تو چرا بیدار کردی مر مرا ** دشمن بیداریی تو ای دغا
You are like poppy-seeds: you put every one to sleep. You are like wine: you take away understanding and knowledge.
همچو خشخاشی همه خواب آوری ** همچو خمری عقل و دانش را بری
I have impaled you. Come, tell the truth, I know what is true: do not seek evasions.
چار میخت کردهام هین راست گو ** راست را دانم تو حیلتها مجو