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3621-3630

  • The carnal soul is a follower of Pharaoh: beware, do not satisfy it, lest it remember its ancient infidelity.
  • نفس فرعونیست هان سیرش مکن ** تا نیارد یاد از آن کفر کهن

  • Without the glowing heat of the fire (of mortification) the carnal soul will never become goodly: hark, do not beat the iron till it has become like live coals.
  • بی تف آتش نگردد نفس خوب ** تا نشد آهن چو اخگر هین مکوب

  • Without hunger the body makes no movement (towards God): ‘tis cold iron thou art beating. Know (this for sure)!
  • بی‌مجاعت نیست تن جنبش‌کنان ** آهن سردیست می‌کوبی بدان

  • Though it weep and wail most piteously, it will never become a true believer. Take heed!
  • گر بگرید ور بنالد زار زار ** او نخواهد شد مسلمان هوش دار

  • It is like Pharaoh: in (the time of) famine it lays its head before Moses, as he (Pharaoh) did, making supplication; 3625
  • او چو فرعونست در قحط آنچنان ** پیش موسی سر نهد لابه‌کنان

  • (But) when it has been freed from want, it rebels (once more) when the donkey has cast off his load, he kicks.
  • چونک مستغنی شد او طاغی شود ** خر چو بار انداخت اسکیزه زند

  • So, when its business has gone forward (prosperously), it (the carnal soul) forgets its sighs and lamentations.
  • پس فراموشش شود چون رفت پیش ** کار او زان آه و زاریهای خویش

  • The man who lives in a city (many) years, as soon as his eye goes asleep,
  • سالها مردی که در شهری بود ** یک زمان که چشم در خوابی رود

  • Beholds another city full of good and evil, and his own city comes not into his memory at all,
  • شهر دیگر بیند او پر نیک و بد ** هیچ در یادش نیاید شهر خود

  • So that (he should say), “I have lived there (so many years); this new city is not mine: here I am (only) in pawn.” 3630
  • که من آنجا بوده‌ام این شهر نو ** نیست آن من درینجاام گرو