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5
449-473

  • Of necessity, through the magic of God generation after generation have fallen down (been vanquished), like a woman (lying) flat beneath (sub marito). [Of necessity, through the magic of God generation after generation have fallen down (been vanquished), like a woman (lying) flat beneath (under her husband).]
  • لاجرم از سحر یزدان قرن قرن  ** اندر افتادند چون زن زیر پهن 

  • Their magicians were slaves and servants, and fell into the trap (of Divine cunning) like wagtails. 450
  • ساحرانشان بنده بودند و غلام  ** اندر افتادند چون صعوه به دام 

  • Hark, read the Qur’án and behold lawful magic (in) the overthrow of plots (huge) as the mountains.
  • هین بخوان قرآن ببین سحر حلال  ** سرنگونی مکرهای کالجبال 

  • “I am not (like) Pharaoh that I should come to the Nile; I am going towards the fire, like Khalíl (Abraham).
  • من نیم فرعون کایم سوی نیل  ** سوی آتش می‌روم من چون خلیل 

  • ’Tis not fire; (in reality) ’tis flowing water, (while) the other, through (Divine) cunning, is water whereof the (real) nature is fire.
  • نیست آتش هست آن ماء معین  ** وآن دگر از مکر آب آتشین 

  • Excellently well said the complaisant Prophet, “A mote of intelligence is better for thee than fasting and performing the ritual prayer,”
  • پس نکو گفت آن رسول خوش‌جواز  ** ذره‌ای عقلت به از صوم و نماز 

  • Because thy intelligence is the substance, (whereas) these two (things) are accidents: these two are made obligatory in (the case of persons who possess) the full complement of it, 455
  • زانک عقلت جوهرست این دو عرض  ** این دو در تکمیل آن شد مفترض 

  • In order that the mirror (intelligence) may have (a bright) lustre; for purity comes to the breast (heart) from piety.
  • تا جلا باشد مر آن آیینه را  ** که صفا آید ز طاعت سینه را 

  • But if the mirror is fundamentally depraved, (only) after a long time does the polisher get it back (to purity);
  • لیک گر آیینه از بن فاسدست  ** صیقل او را دیر باز آرد به دست 

  • While (in the case of) the fine mirror, which is (like) a goodly planting-ground, a little polishing is enough for it.
  • وان گزین آیینه که خوش مغرس است  ** اندکی صیقل گری آن را بس است 

  • The diversity of intelligences in their nature as originally created; (a doctrine) opposed to (that of) the Mu‘tazilites, who assert that particular (individual) intelligences are originally equal, and that this superiority and diversity is the result of learning and training and experience.
  • تفاوت عقول در اصل فطرت خلاف معتزله کی ایشان گویند در اصل عقول جز وی برابرند این افزونی و تفاوت از تعلم است و ریاضت و تجربه 

  • Know well that intelligences differ thus in degree from the earth to the sky.
  • این تفاوت عقلها را نیک دان  ** در مراتب از زمین تا آسمان 

  • There is an intelligence like the orb of the sun; there is an intelligence inferior to (the planet) Venus and the meteor. 460
  • هست عقلی هم‌چو قرص آفتاب  ** هست عقلی کمتر از زهره و شهاب 

  • There is an intelligence like a tipsy (flickering) lamp; there is an intelligence like a star of fire,
  • هست عقلی چون چراغی سرخوشی  ** هست عقلی چون ستاره‌ی آتشی 

  • Because, when the cloud is removed from it, it produces intellects that behold the Light of God.
  • زانک ابر از پیش آن چون وا جهد  ** نور یزدان‌بین خردها بر دهد 

  • The particular intelligence has given the (universal) intelligence a bad name: worldly desire has deprived the (worldly) man of his desire (in the world hereafter).
  • عقل جزوی عقل را بدنام کرد  ** کام دنیا مرد را بی‌کام کرد 

  • That (universal intelligence), through being a prey (to God), beheld the beauty of the (Divine) Hunting, while this (particular intelligence), through being a hunter (of worldly goods), suffered the pain of being a prey (to perdition).
  • آن ز صیدی حسن صیادی بدید  ** وین ز صیادی غم صیدی کشید 

  • The former, through service, gained the pride of lordship, while the latter, through lordship, turned from the path of glory. 465
  • آن ز خدمت ناز مخدومی بیافت  ** وآن ز مخدومی ز راه عز بتافت 

  • The latter, through being a Pharaoh, was taken captive by the water (of perdition), while the Israelites, through captivity, became (mighty as) a hundred Suhrábs.
  • آن ز فرعونی اسیر آب شد  ** وز اسیری سبط صد سهراب شد 

  • ’Tis a topsy-turvy game and a terrible quandary; do not try (to escape by) cunning: ’tis (all) a matter of (Divine) favour and fortune.
  • لعب معکوسست و فرزین‌بند سخت  ** حیله کم کن کار اقبالست و بخت 

  • Do not weave plots in vain imagination and cunning; for the Self-sufficient One does not give way to the contriver.
  • بر حیال و حیله کم تن تار را  ** که غنی ره کم دهد مکار را 

  • Contrive, in the way of (by following the guidance of) one who serves (God) well, that you may gain the position of a prophet in a religious community.
  • مکر کن در راه نیکو خدمتی  ** تا نبوت یابی اندر امتی 

  • Contrive that you may be delivered from your own contrivance; contrive that you may become detached from the body. 470
  • مکر کن تا وا رهی از مکر خود  ** مکر کن تا فرد گردی از جسد 

  • Contrive that you may become the meanest slave (of God): if you enter into (the state of) meanness (self-abasement), you will become lordly.
  • مکر کن تا کمترین بنده شوی  ** در کمی رفتی خداونده شوی 

  • Never, O old wolf, practise foxiness and perform service with the purpose of (gaining) lordship;
  • روبهی و خدمت ای گرگ کهن  ** هیچ بر قصد خداوندی مکن 

  • But rush into the fire like a moth: do not hoard up that (service), play for love!
  • لیک چون پروانه در آتش بتاز  ** کیسه‌ای زان بر مدوز و پاک باز