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  • Do not go to the country: the country makes a fool of a man, it makes the intellect void of light and splendour.
  • ده مرو ده مرد را احمق کند ** عقل را بی نور و بی رونق کند

  • O chosen one, hear the Prophet’s saying: “To dwell in the country is the grave of the intellect.”
  • قول پیغامبر شنو ای مجتبی ** گور عقل آمد وطن در روستا

  • If any one stay in the country a single day and evening, his intellect will not be fully restored for a month.
  • هر که را در رستا بود روزی و شام ** تا بماهی عقل او نبود تمام

  • For a (whole) month foolishness will abide with him: what but these things should he reap from the parched herbage of the country? 520
  • تا بماهی احمقی با او بود ** از حشیش ده جز اینها چه درود

  • And he that stays a month in the country, ignorance and blindness will be his (lot) for a long time.
  • وانک ماهی باشد اندر روستا ** روزگاری باشدش جهل و عمی

  • What is “the country”? The Shaykh that has not been united (with god), but has become addicted to conventionality and argument.
  • ده چه باشد شیخ واصل ناشده ** دست در تقلید و حجت در زده

  • Compared with the town, (which is) Universal Reason, these senses (of ours) are like asses (going round and round) in an ass-mill with their eyes bandaged.
  • پیش شهر عقل کلی این حواس ** چون خران چشم‌بسته در خراس

  • Leave this (inner meaning) and take the outward form of the tale: let the pearlseed alone and take the cornseed.
  • این رها کن صورت افسانه گیر ** هل تو دردانه تو گندم‌دانه گیر

  • If there is no way to the pearl, come, take the wheat; if there is no way for you in that (direction), push on in this direction. 525
  • گر بدر ره نیست هین بر می‌ستان ** گر بدان ره نیستت این سو بران

  • Take its outward (form)! Though the outward (form) fly crookedly (not straight), the outward (form) at last will lead (you) to the inward (meaning).
  • ظاهرش گیر ار چه ظاهر کژ پرد ** عاقبت ظاهر سوی باطن برد

  • In sooth, the first (stage) of every human being is the form; after that (comes) the spirit, which is beauty of disposition.
  • اول هر آدمی خود صورتست ** بعد از آن جان کو جمال سیرتست

  • How is the first (stage) of every fruit anything but the form? After that (comes) the delicious taste which is its real meaning.
  • اول هر میوه جز صورت کیست ** بعد از آن لذت که معنی ویست

  • First they make or buy a tent; afterwards they bring the Turcoman (their beloved) as a guest.
  • اولا خرگاه سازند و خرند ** ترک را زان پس به مهمان آورند

  • Deem your form to be the tent, your real essence the Turcoman, regard your essence as the sailor, your form as the ship. 530
  • صورتت خرگاه دان معنیت ترک ** معنیت ملاح دان صورت چو فلک

  • For God’s sake, quit this (topic) for a moment, so that the Khwaja’s ass may shake its bell (proceed on its journey).
  • بهر حق این را رها کن یک نفس ** تا خر خواجه بجنباند جرس

  • How the Khwaja and his family went to the country.
  • رفتن خواجه و قومش به سوی ده

  • The Khwaja and his children prepared an outfit and galloped on their beasts towards the country.
  • خواجه و بچگان جهازی ساختند ** بر ستوران جانب ده تاختند

  • Merrily they rode a field; they chanted, “Travel, that ye may gain advantage”;
  • شادمانه سوی صحرا راندند ** سافروا کی تغنموا بر خواندند

  • For by traveling the moon becomes (splendid, like) Kay Khusraw: how should it become an emperor (khusraw) without traveling?
  • کز سفرها ماه کیخسرو شود ** بی سفرها ماه کی خسرو شود

  • Through travel the pawn becomes a noble queen, and through travel Joseph gained a hundred objects of desire. 535
  • از سفر بیدق شود فرزین راد ** وز سفر یابید یوسف صد مراد

  • By day they scorched their faces in the sun, by night they were learning the away from the stars.
  • روز روی از آفتابی سوختند ** شب ز اختر راه می‌آموختند

  • The bad road to them seemed good: from (their) delight in the country the road seemed like Paradise.
  • خوب گشته پیش ایشان راه زشت ** از نشاط ده شده ره چون بهشت

  • From sweet-lipped ones (even) bitterness becomes sweet; from the rose-garden (even) thorns become charming.
  • تلخ از شیرین‌لبان خوش می‌شود ** خار از گلزار دلکش می‌شود

  • Colocynth turns into dates (when it comes) from the beloved; the (narrow) house is made (like) spacious fields by the house-mate.
  • حنظل از معشوق خرما می‌شود ** خانه از همخانه صحرا می‌شود

  • Oh, (there is) many a dainty youth that suffers thorns (of anguish) in the hope of (winning) a rose-cheeked moon-like (sweetheart). 540
  • ای بسا از نازنینان خارکش ** بر امید گل‌عذار ماه‌وش

  • Oh, (there is) many a porter, his back torn with wounds for the sake of the moon-faced one to whom he has lost his heart.
  • ای بسا حمال گشته پشت‌ریش ** از برای دلبر مه‌روی خویش