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1048-1072

  • For to these three there is many an adversary and foe standing in wait for you when he knows (about any of them).
  • کین سه را خصم است بسیار و عدو ** در کمینت ایستد چون داند او

  • And if you tell (only) one or two (a few people), farewell (to your secret): every secret that goes beyond the twain (who share it) is published abroad.
  • ور بگویی با یکی دو الوداع ** کل سر جاوز الاثنین شاع‌‌

  • If you tie two or three birds together, they will remain on the ground, imprisoned by grief; 1050
  • گر دو سه پرنده را بندی به هم ** بر زمین مانند محبوس از الم‌‌

  • (But in truth) they hold a consultation well-disguised and mingled, in its (apparent) significance, with that which casts error (into the mind of any one who observes them).
  • مشورت دارند سرپوشیده خوب ** در کنایت با غلط افکن مشوب‌‌

  • (Similarly) the Prophet used to take counsel, (speaking) cryptically, and they (his companions) would answer him and (would be) without knowledge (of his real meaning).
  • مشورت کردی پیمبر بسته سر ** گفته ایشانش جواب و بی‌‌خبر

  • He would speak his opinion in a covert parable, in order that the adversary might not know foot from head.
  • در مثالی بسته گفتی رای را ** تا نداند خصم از سر پای را

  • He (the Prophet) would receive his answer from him (the adversary), while the other would not catch the smell (drift) of his question.
  • او جواب خویش بگرفتی از او ** وز سؤالش می‌‌نبردی غیر بو

  • The story of the hare's stratagem.
  • قصه‌‌ی مکر خرگوش‌‌

  • He delayed awhile in going, then he went before the lion who rends (his prey) with claws. 1055
  • ساعتی تاخیر کرد اندر شدن ** بعد از آن شد پیش شیر پنجه زن‌‌

  • Because he tarried late in going, the lion was tearing up the earth and roaring.
  • ز آن سبب کاندر شدن او ماند دیر ** خاک را می‌‌کند و می‌‌غرید شیر

  • “I said,” cried the lion, “that the promise of those vile ones would be vain—vain and frail and unfulfilled.
  • گفت من گفتم که عهد آن خسان ** خام باشد خام و سست و نارسان‌‌

  • Their palaver has duped me: how long will this Time deceive me, how long?”
  • دمدمه‌‌ی ایشان مرا از خر فگند ** چند بفریبد مرا این دهر چند

  • The prince that hath no strength in his beard is left sorely in the lurch when by reason of his folly he looks neither backwards nor forwards.
  • سخت درماند امیر سست ریش ** چون نه پس بیند نه پیش از احمقیش‌‌

  • The road is smooth, and under it are pitfalls: amidst the names there is a dearth of meaning. 1060
  • راه هموار است و زیرش دامها ** قحط معنی در میان نامها

  • Words and names are like pitfalls: the sweet (flattering) word is the sand for (the sand that sucks up) the water of our life.
  • لفظها و نامها چون دامهاست ** لفظ شیرین ریگ آب عمر ماست‌‌

  • The one sand whence water gushes is seldom to be found: go, seek it.
  • آن یکی ریگی که جوشد آب ازو ** سخت کمیاب است رو آن را بجو

  • He that searches after wisdom becomes a fountain of wisdom; he becomes independent of acquisition and (ways and) means.
  • منبع حکمت شود حکمت طلب ** فارغ آید او ز تحصیل و سبب‌‌

  • The guarding tablet becomes a Guarded Tablet; his understanding becomes enriched by the Spirit.
  • لوح حافظ لوح محفوظی شود ** عقل او از روح محظوظی شود

  • When his understanding has been his teacher at the beginning, after this the understanding becomes his pupil. 1065
  • چون معلم بود عقلش ز ابتدا ** بعد از این شد عقل شاگردی و را

  • The understanding says, like Gabriel, “O Ahmad (Mohammed), if I take one (more) step, it will burn me;
  • عقل چون جبریل گوید احمدا ** گر یکی گامی نهم سوزد مرا

  • Do thou leave me, henceforth advance (alone): this is my limit, O sultan of the soul!”
  • تو مرا بگذار زین پس پیش ران ** حد من این بود ای سلطان جان‌‌

  • Whoever, through heedlessness, remains without thanksgiving and patience (selfcontrol), knows (no resource) but this, that he should follow in the heels of necessity (jabr).
  • هر که ماند از کاهلی بی‌‌شکر و صبر ** او همین داند که گیرد پای جبر

  • Any one who pleads necessity (as an excuse) feigns himself to be ill, with the result that the (feigned) illness brings him to the grave.
  • هر که جبر آورد خود رنجور کرد ** تا همان رنجوری‌‌اش در گور کرد

  • The Prophet said, “Illness (assumed) in jest brings (real) disease, so that he (the jester) dies like a lamp.” 1070
  • گفت پیغمبر که رنجوری به لاغ ** رنج آرد تا بمیرد چون چراغ‌‌

  • What is (the meaning of) jabr? To bind up a broken (limb) or tie a severed vein.
  • جبر چه بود بستن اشکسته را ** یا بپیوستن رگی بگسسته را

  • Inasmuch as you have not broken your foot in this path, whom are you mocking? Why have you bandaged your foot?
  • چون در این ره پای خود نشکسته‌‌ای ** بر که می‌‌خندی چه پا را بسته‌‌ای‌‌