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2840-2849

  • Courtesy that comes to the tongue without (sincerity of) heart and soul is like herbs on the ash-heap, O friends. 2840
  • لطف کاید بی‏دل و جان در زبان ** همچو سبزه‏ی تون بود ای دوستان‏

  • Look at them from afar and pass on: they are not fit for eating or smelling, O son.
  • هم ز دورش بنگر و اندر گذر ** خوردن و بو را نشاید ای پسر

  • Beware, do not go (incline) towards the courtesy of the faithless, for it is a ruined bridge: heed well (my warning).
  • سوی لطف بی‏وفایان هین مرو ** کان پل ویران بود نیکو شنو

  • If a fool set foot on it, the bridge will break, and will shatter that foot of his.
  • گر قدم را جاهلی بر وی زند ** بشکند پل و آن قدم را بشکند

  • Wherever an army is routed, it is because of two or three effeminate weaklings.
  • هر کجا لشکر شکسته می‏شود ** او دو سه سست مخنث می‏بود

  • He (the poltroon) comes armed into the battle-line, like a man: they (the soldiers) put their trust in him, saying, “Here's the Comrade of the Cave.” 2845
  • در صف آید با سلاح او مردوار ** دل بر او بنهند کاینک یار غار

  • He turns his face (in flight) when he sees wounds: his going breaks your back.
  • رو بگرداند چو بیند زخمها ** رفتن او بشکند پشت ترا

  • This (topic) is long and is expanding, and that which is aimed at is becoming hidden (from sight).
  • این دراز است و فراوان می‏شود ** و آن چه مقصود است پنهان می‏شود

  • How the Hypocrites cajoled the Prophet—God bless and save him!—that they might take him to the Mosque of Opposition.
  • فریفتن منافقان پیغامبر را تا به مسجد ضرارش برند

  • They chanted spells over (spoke deceitful words to) the Messenger of God: they were driving (hard) the steed of cunning and craft.
  • بر رسول حق فسون‏ها خواندند ** رخش دستان و حیل می‏راندند

  • The kind and compassionate Messenger proffered (in reply) nothing but smiles, nothing but “Yes.”
  • آن رسول مهربان رحم کیش ** جز تبسم جز بلی ناورد پیش‏