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3062-3071

  • And of fleeing from the pungent sayings of sincere counsellors, and of shrinking from the countenance of the righteous;
  • و آن فرار از نکته‏های ناصحان ** و آن رمیدن از لقای صالحان‏
  • (And of) estrangement from the spirit and spiritual folk, (and of) fraud and fox-like behaviour towards the (spiritual) kings;
  • با دل و با اهل دل بیگانگی ** با شهان تزویر و روبه‏شانگی‏
  • (And of) thinking the fully satisfied (saints) to be (greedy) beggars, (and of) secretly regarding them with enmity (arising) from envy—
  • سیر چشمان را گدا پنداشتن ** از حسدشان خفیه دشمن داشتن‏
  • If he (such a saintly man as has been described) accept anything, you say he is a beggar; and if not, you say it is (from) hypocrisy and deceit and guile. 3065
  • گر پذیرد چیز تو گویی گداست ** ور نه گویی زرق و مکر است و دغاست‏
  • If he mix (in society), you say he is covetous; and if not, you say he is excessively given to pride;
  • گر در آمیزد تو گویی طامع است ** ور نه گویی در تکبر مولع است‏
  • Or you hypocritically excuse yourself, saying, “I am held back (by what I have to do) in maintaining my wife and children.
  • یا منافق‏وار عذر آری که من ** مانده‏ام در نفقه‏ی فرزند و زن‏
  • Neither have I leisure to scratch my head, nor have I leisure to cultivate religion.
  • نه مرا پروای سر خاریدن است ** نه مرا پروای دین ورزیدن است‏
  • O so-and-so, remember me in thy benedictions, that in the end I may become one of the saints.”
  • ای فلان ما را به همت یاد دار ** تا شویم از اولیا پایان کار
  • These words he does not even speak from (true) passion and ardour; (’tis as though) a drowsy man muttered some idle talk and went to sleep again. 3070
  • این سخن نه هم ز درد و سوز گفت ** خوابناکی هرزه گفت و باز خفت‏
  • (He says), “I cannot help feeding my family: I strain every nerve to earn a lawful livelihood.”
  • هیچ چاره نیست از قوت عیال ** از بن دندان کنم کسب حلال‏