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1335-1344

  • If its faultiness and disgrace were made visible to thee, thy soul would flee from it (as far as) the distance between east and west. 1335
  • بر تو گر پیدا شدی زو عیب و شین ** زو رمیدی جانت بعد المشرقین

  • The state (of mind) in which at last thou repentest of it (of a faulty action)—if this should be thy state (of mind) at first, how wouldst thou run (for the sake of that action)?
  • حال که آخر زو پشیمان می‌شوی ** گر بود این حال اول کی دوی

  • Therefore He (God) at first veiled (the real nature of) that from our souls, in order that we might perform that action in accordance with the Divine destiny.
  • پس بپوشید اول آن بر جان ما ** تا کنیم آن کار بر وفق قضا

  • When the Divine destiny brought its ordainment into view, the eye was opened, so that repentance arrived.
  • چون قضا آورد حکم خود پدید ** چشم وا شد تا پشیمانی رسید

  • This repentance is another (manifestation of the) Divine destiny: abandon this repentance, worship God!
  • این پشیمانی قضای دیگرست ** این پشیمانی بهل حق را پرست

  • And if thou make (it) a habit and become addicted to repentance, because of this (habitual) repentance thou wilt become more repentant. 1340
  • ور کنی عادت پشیمان خور شوی ** زین پشیمانی پشیمان‌تر شوی

  • One half of thy life will pass in distraction and the other half will pass in repentance.
  • نیم عمرت در پریشانی رود ** نیم دیگر در پشیمانی رود

  • Take leave of this (anxious) thought and repentance: seek a better (spiritual) state and friend and work.
  • ترک این فکر و پریشانی بگو ** حال و یار و کار نیکوتر بجو

  • And if thou hast no better work in hand, then for the omission of what (work) is thy repentance?
  • ور نداری کار نیکوتر به دست ** پس پشیمانیت بر فوت چه است

  • If thou knowest the good way, worship (God); and if thou dost not know (it), how dost thou know that this way (in which thou art going) is evil?
  • گر همی دانی ره نیکو پرست ** ور ندانی چون بدانی کین به دست