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2876-2900

  • Know that your only means of hunting is the dog (the animal soul): throw bones to the dog but seldom,
  • آلت اشکار خود جز سگ مدان ** کمترک انداز سگ را استخوان‌‌

  • Because when the dog has eaten its fill, it becomes rebellious: how should it run to the goodly chase and hunt?
  • ز آن که سگ چون سیر شد سرکش شود ** کی سوی صید و شکار خوش دود

  • Want of food was leading the Arab till he arrived at that (exalted) court and that (high) fortune.
  • آن عرب را بی‌‌نوایی می‌‌کشید ** تا بدان درگاه و آن دولت رسید

  • We have related in the (foregoing) story the kindness shown by the King to that needy one who had no refuge.
  • در حکایت گفته‌‌ایم احسان شاه ** در حق آن بی‌‌نوای بی‌‌پناه‌‌

  • Whatsoever the man in love (with God) speaks, the scent of Love is springing from his mouth into the abode of Love. 2880
  • هر چه گوید مرد عاشق بوی عشق ** از دهانش می‌‌جهد در کوی عشق‌‌

  • If he speak (formal) theology, it all turns to (spiritual) poverty: the scent of poverty comes from that man of sweet and beguiling discourse.
  • گر بگوید فقه فقر آید همه ** بوی فقر آید از آن خوش دمدمه‌‌

  • And if he speak infidelity, it has the scent of (the true) religion, and if he speak doubtfully, his doubt turns to certainty.
  • ور بگوید کفر دارد بوی دین ** ور به شک گوید شکش گردد یقین‌‌

  • The perverse froth that has risen from a sea of sincerity— that branch (derivative) has been adorned by the pure root (source).
  • کف کژ کز بحر صدقی خاسته است ** اصل صاف آن فرع را آراسته است‌‌

  • Know that its froth is pure and worthy: know that it is like revilement from the lips of the beloved,
  • آن کفش را صافی و محقوق دان ** همچو دشنام لب معشوق دان‌‌

  • Whose unsought reproaches have become sweet (to the lover) for the sake of her cheek which he desires. 2885
  • گشته آن دشنام نامطلوب او ** خوش ز بهر عارض محبوب او

  • If he (the lover of God) speak falsehood, it seems (like) the truth. O (fine) falsehood that would adorn (even) the truth!
  • گر بگوید کژ نماید راستی ** ای کژی که راست را آراستی‌‌

  • If you cook (a confection) of sugar in the form of a loaf of bread, it will taste of candy, not of bread, while you are sucking it.
  • از شکر گر شکل نانی می‌‌پزی ** طعم قند آید نه نان چون می‌‌مزی‌‌

  • If a true believer find a golden idol, how should he leave it (there) for the sake of every idolator?
  • ور بیابد مومنی زرین وثن ** کی هلد آن را برای هر شمن‌‌

  • Nay, he will take it and cast it into the fire: he will break (destroy) its borrowed (unreal) form,
  • بلکه گیرد اندر آتش افکند ** صورت عاریتش را بشکند

  • In order that the idol-shape may not remain on the gold, because Form hinders and waylays (those who seek Reality). 2890
  • تا نماند بر ذهب شکل وثن ** ز آن که صورت مانع است و راه زن‌‌

  • The essence of its gold is the gift of Lordship (Divinity): the idol-stamp on the sterling gold is borrowed (unreal).
  • ذات زرش ذات ربانیت است ** نقش بت بر نقد زر عاریت است‌‌

  • Do not burn a blanket on account of a flea, and do not let the day go (to waste) on account of every gnat's headache.
  • بهر کیکی تو گلیمی را مسوز ** وز صداع هر مگس مگذار روز

  • You are an idol-worshipper when you remain in (bondage to) forms: leave its (the idol's) form and look at the reality.
  • بت پرستی چون بمانی در صور ** صورتش بگذار و در معنی نگر

  • If you are a man (bound) for the Pilgrimage, seek a pilgrim (as your) companion, whether he be a Hindoo or a Turcoman or an Arab.
  • مرد حجی همره حاجی طلب ** خواه هندو خواه ترک و یا عرب‌‌

  • Do not look at his figure and colour, look at his purpose and intention. 2895
  • منگر اندر نقش و اندر رنگ او ** بنگر اندر عزم و در آهنگ او

  • If he is black, (yet) he is in accord with you: call him white, for (spiritually) his complexion is the same as yours.
  • گر سیاه است او هم آهنگ تو است ** تو سپیدش خوان که هم رنگ تو است‌‌

  • This story has been told up and down (confusedly), like the thoughts of lovers, without foot (end) or head (beginning).
  • این حکایت گفته شد زیر و زبر ** همچو فکر عاشقان بی‌‌پا و سر

  • It hath no head, inasmuch as it existed before eternity; it hath no foot: it has (always) been akin to everlastingness.
  • سر ندارد چون ز ازل بوده ست پیش ** پا ندارد با ابد بوده ست خویش‌‌

  • Nay, it is like water: every drop thereof is both head and foot, and at the same time without both.
  • بلکه چون آب است هر قطره از آن ** هم سر است و پا و هم بی‌‌هردوان‌‌

  • This is not a story, mark you! God forbid! This is the ready money (presentation, here and now) of my state and yours. Consider (it) well, 2900
  • حاش لله این حکایت نیست هین ** نقد حال ما و تست این خوش ببین‌‌