The portion of wind (air) that is in our control does not stir till you move the fan.
جزو بادی که به حکم ما درست ** بادبیزن تا نجنبانی نجست
Without you and without the fan the movement of this portion of wind (air) does not arise, O simpleton.
جنبش این جزو باد ای ساده مرد ** بیتو و بیبادبیزن سر نکرد
The movement of the wind of the breath, which is on the lips, follows the course directed by the spirit and the body.
جنبش باد نفس کاندر لبست ** تابع تصریف جان و قالبست
At one time you make the breath to be a eulogy and a (pleasing) message; at another time you make the breath to be a satire and a foul speech.130
گاه دم را مدح و پیغامی کنی ** گاه دم را هجو و دشنامی کنی
Understand, then, (from this case) the cases of other winds; for from a part the intellect perceives the whole.
پس بدان احوال دیگر بادها ** که ز جز وی کل میبیند نهی
God sometimes makes the wind vernal: in December He divests it of this kindliness.
باد را حق گه بهاری میکند ** در دیش زین لطف عاری میکند
He makes it a sarsar (intensely cold and violent) for the people of ‘Ád; again, He makes it perfumed (balmy) for Húd.
بر گروه عاد صرصر میکند ** باز بر هودش معطر میکند
One wind He makes (deadly as) the poison of the simoom; He (also) makes the advent of the east-wind to be delightful.
میکند یک باد را زهر سموم ** مر صبا را میکند خرمقدوم
He hath founded (stablished) the wind of the breath in you, in order that thereby you may judge analogically of every (other) wind.135
باد دم را بر تو بنهاد او اساس ** تا کنی هر باد را بر وی قیاس
The breath does not become speech without (assuming the quality of) gentleness or harshness: it is honey for one set of people and poison for another class.
دم نمیگردد سخن بیلطف و قهر ** بر گروهی شهد و بر قومیست زهر