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1153-1162

  • House and goods are like the rag, and this greed (of thine) is the sore: the greater the greed, the greater the sore.
  • خان و مان چون خرقه و این حرص‌ریش  ** حرص هر که بیش باشد ریش بیش 
  • The wilderness alone is the house and goods of the owl: he (the owl) will not listen to descriptions of Baghdád and Tabas.
  • خان و مان چغد ویرانست و بس  ** نشنود اوصاف بغداد و طبس 
  • If a royal falcon come from the road and bring to these owls a hundred reports of the King, 1155
  • گر بیاید باز سلطانی ز راه  ** صد خبر آرد بدین چغدان ز شاه 
  • (With) a full account of the imperial city and the orchards and the rivers—then a hundred enemies will jeer at him,
  • شرح دارالملک و باغستان و جو  ** پس برو افسوس دارد صد عدو 
  • Saying, ‘What has the falcon brought? An old story. He is weaving words of vanity and idle brag.’
  • که چه باز آورد افسانه‌ی کهن  ** کز گزاف و لاف می‌بافد سخن 
  • (’Tis) they (that) are old and rotten unto everlasting; otherwise (they would know that) that breath (of prophetic inspiration) makes the old new.
  • کهنه ایشانند و پوسیده‌ی ابد  ** ورنه آن دم کهنه را نو می‌کند 
  • It gives life to the old dead (spirits): it gives the crown of reason and the light of faith.
  • مردگان کهنه را جان می‌دهد  ** تاج عقل و نور ایمان می‌دهد 
  • Do not steal thy heart away from the spirit-bestowing heart-ravisher, for he will mount thee on the back of Rakhsh. 1160
  • دل مدزد از دلربای روح‌بخش  ** که سوارت می‌کند بر پشت رخش 
  • Do not steal thy head away from the crown-giving one whose head is exalted, for he will untie a hundred knots from the foot of thy heart.
  • سر مدزد از سر فراز تاج‌ده  ** کو ز پای دل گشاید صد گره 
  • Whom shall I tell? Where in the village is any (spiritually) living one? Where is any one that runs towards the Water of Life?
  • با کی گویم در همه ده زنده کو  ** سوی آب زندگی پوینده کو