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312-336

  • Her mother (too) was sitting there to keep watch, lest he should make any attempt in the daytime.
  • مادرش آنجا نشسته پاسبان  ** که نباید کو کند روز امتحان 

  • He eyed her sulkily for awhile: then with both hands (spread) he gave her the ten (fingers).
  • ساعتی در وی نظر کرد از عناد  ** آنگهان با هر دو دستش ده بداد 

  • “May no one,” he exclaimed, “live in wedlock with a nasty evil-doing bride like thee!
  • گفت کس را خود مبادا اتصال  ** با چو تو ناخوش عروس بدفعال 

  • By day thy face is the face of fresh young ladies; noctu penis tuus turpis pejor est quam veretrum asini.” [By day thy face is the face of fresh young ladies; by night, your ugly penis (is) worse than the penis of an ass.”] 315
  • روز رویت روی خاتونان تر  ** کیر زشتت شب بتر از کیر خر 

  • Even so all the pleasures of this world are very delightful (when viewed) from a distance before the (actual) test.
  • هم‌چنان جمله نعیم این جهان  ** بس خوشست از دور پیش از امتحان 

  • Seen from a distance they appear (like refreshing) water, (but) when you approach (them) they are a mirage.
  • می‌نماید در نظر از دور آب  ** چون روی نزدیک باشد آن سراب 

  • She (the World) is a stinking hag, though by reason of her great blandishments she displays herself like a young bride.
  • گنده پیرست او و از بس چاپلوس  ** خویش را جلوه کند چون نو عروس 

  • Hark! Do not be deceived by her rouge, do not taste her sherbet which is mixed with poison!
  • هین مشو مغرور آن گلگونه‌اش  ** نوش نیش‌آلوده‌ی او را مچش 

  • Have patience (self-restraint), for patience is the key to joy, lest like Faraj you fall into a hundred (grievous) straits. 320
  • صبر کن کالصبر مفتاح الفرج  ** تا نیفتی چون فرج در صد حرج 

  • Her (the World's) bait is visible, (but) her trap is hidden: at first (sight) her favours seem sweet to you.
  • آشکارا دانه پنهان دام او  ** خوش نماید ز اولت انعام او 

  • Explaining that this self-delusion was not (peculiar) to that Hindú alone; on the contrary, every human being is afflicted with a similar self-delusion at every stage (of the journey), except those whom God has preserved.
  • در بیان آنک این غرور تنها آن هندو را نبود بلک هر آدمیی به چنین غرور مبتلاست در هر مرحله‌ای الا من عصم الله 

  • Since you are attached to those (worldly goods), oh, beware! How often (afterwards) will you sob piteously in repentance!
  • چون بپیوستی بدان ای زینهار  ** چند نالی در ندامت زار زار 

  • The names “princehood,” “vizierate,” and “kingship” (are enticing, but) hidden beneath them is death and pain and giving up the ghost.
  • نام میری و وزیری و شهی  ** در نهانش مرگ و درد و جان‌دهی 

  • Be a slave (of God) and walk on the earth like a horse (under the rider), not like a bier which is carried on the necks (of the bearers).
  • بنده باش و بر زمین رو چون سمند  ** چون جنازه نه که بر گردن برند 

  • The ungrateful (worldly) man wishes all people to carry him: they bring him, like a dead rider, to the grave. 325
  • جمله را حمال خود خواهد کفور  ** چون سوار مرده آرندش به گور 

  • If you dream of any one (being carried) on a bier, he will become a high-stirruped rider of (will rise to high eminence in) office.
  • بر جنازه هر که را بینی به خواب  ** فارس منصب شود عالی رکاب 

  • Inasmuch as the coffin is a burden on the people (who carry it), these grandees have laid the burden (of their rank and riches) on (the necks of) the people (whom they oppress).
  • زانک آن تابوت بر خلقست بار  ** بار بر خلقان فکندند این کبار 

  • Do not lay your burden on any one, lay it on yourself: do not seek eminence, ’tis best to be poor.
  • بار خود بر کس منه بر خویش نه  ** سروری را کم طلب درویش به 

  • Do not be perpetually riding on the necks of people, lest gout attack your feet.
  • مرکب اعناق مردم را مپا  ** تا نیاید نقرست اندر دو پا 

  • The vehicle which you will curse in the end, saying, “Thou resemblest a (flourishing) city, but thou art (really) a ruined village”— 330
  • مرکبی را که آخرش تو ده دهی  ** که به شهری مانی و ویران‌دهی 

  • Curse it now when it (still) appears to you like a city, in order that (ultimately) you may not have to unload in the wilderness.
  • ده دهش اکنون که چون شهرت نمود  ** تا نباید رخت در ویران گشود 

  • Curse it now when you (still) possess a hundred gardens, lest you become unable (to renounce it) and (become) devoted to the wilderness (of worldly fortune).
  • ده دهش اکنون که صد بستانت هست  ** تا نگردی عاجز و ویران‌پرست 

  • The Prophet said, “If thou desirest Paradise from God, desire nothing from any one (else).
  • گفت پیغامبر که جنت از اله  ** گر همی‌خواهی ز کس چیزی مخواه 

  • When thou desirest nothing (from any one), I am thy surety for the Garden of resort and the vision of God.”
  • چون نخواهی من کفیلم مر ترا  ** جنت الماوی و دیدار خدا 

  • Because of this suretyship that Companion (of the Prophet) became so independent (of others) that one day when he had mounted (his horse), 335
  • آن صحابی زین کفالت شد عیار  ** تا یکی روزی که گشته بد سوار 

  • And the whip fell right out of his hand, he himself dismounted and did not ask any one to give it to him.
  • تازیانه از کفش افتاد راست  ** خود فرو آمد ز کس آنرا نخواست