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4068-4092

  • Though the stack (of my existence) catch fire (both) in front and behind, the stack (halo) of that Moon is enough for travellers in the night.
  • آتش ار خرمن بگیرد پیش و پس  ** شب‌روان را خرمن آن ماه بس 

  • Joseph was hidden and concealed from Jacob the prophet by the trickery of his brethren.
  • کرده یوسف را نهان و مختبی  ** حیلت اخوان ز یعقوب نبی 

  • They put him out of sight by an artifice, (but) at last his shirt gave an information.” 4070
  • خفیه کردندش به حیلت‌سازیی  ** کرد آخر پیرهن غمازیی 

  • The two (brothers of the eldest prince) admonished him in converse, saying, “Do not ignore the dangers.
  • آن دو گفتندش نصیحت در سمر  ** که مکن ز اخطار خود را بی‌خبر 

  • Hark, do not put salt on our wounds! Beware, do not drink this poison rashly and in doubt (of the consequences).
  • هین منه بر ریش‌های ما نمک  ** هین مخور این زهر بر جلدی و شک 

  • How canst thou go without being counselled by a wise Shaykh, since thou hast not a discerning heart?
  • جز به تدبیر یکی شیخی خبیر  ** چون روی چون نبودت قلبی بصیر 

  • Woe to the unfledged bird that flies up to the zenith and falls into peril!”
  • وای آن مرغی که ناروییده پر  ** بر پرد بر اوج و افتد در خطر 

  • Intelligence is wings and feathers to a man: when he lacks intelligence, (he must rely on) the intelligence of a guide. 4075
  • عقل باشد مرد را بال و پری  ** چون ندارد عقل عقل رهبری 

  • Either be victorious or in search of a victor: either have insight or be in search of one endowed with insight.
  • یا مظفر یا مظفرجوی باش  ** یا نظرور یا نظرورجوی باش 

  • Without (possession of) the key, namely, intelligence, this knocking at the door is prompted by self-will, not by right motives.
  • بی ز مفتاح خرد این قرع باب  ** از هوا باشد نه از روی صواب 

  • See a whole world ensnared by self-will and by wounds (harmful things) that look like remedies (beneficial things).
  • عالمی در دام می‌بین از هوا  ** وز جراحت‌های هم‌رنگ دوا 

  • The snake, (terrible) as death, stands (raises itself) on its breast, with a big leaf in its mouth in order to catch its prey.
  • مار استادست بر سینه چو مرگ  ** در دهانش بهر صید اشگرف برگ 

  • It stands erect, like a herb, amidst the herbage, (so that) the bird thinks it is the stalk of a plant. 4080
  • در حشایش چون حشیشی او بپاست  ** مرغ پندارد که او شاخ گیاست 

  • When it (the bird) settles on the leaf for the purpose of eating, it falls into the mouth of the snake and (into the jaws of) death.
  • چون نشیند بهر خور بر روی برگ  ** در فتد اندر دهان مار و مرگ 

  • A crocodile opens its mouth: its teeth are surrounded by long worms.
  • کرده تمساحی دهان خویش باز  ** گرد دندانهاش کرمان دراز 

  • The worms were produced by the residue of food left in its teeth; and it gave them lodging there.
  • از بقیه‌ی خور که در دندانش ماند  ** کرم‌ها رویید و بر دندان نشاند 

  • The little birds see the worms and the food and imagine that coffin to be a meadow.
  • مرغکان بینند کرم و قوت را  ** مرج پندارند آن تابوت را 

  • When its mouth is filled with birds, it suddenly swallows them and closes its mouth (again). 4085
  • چون دهان پر شد ز مرغ او ناگهان  ** در کشدشان و فرو بندد دهان 

  • Know that this world full of dessert (viands) and bread is like the open mouth of the crocodile.
  • این جهان پر ز نقل و پر ز نان  ** چون دهان باز آن تمساح دان 

  • O thou who scrapest together the means of livelihood, (in thy desire) for worms and morsels do not feel secure from the artfulness of the crocodile, (which is) Time.
  • بهر کرم و طعمه ای روزی‌تراش  ** از فن تمساح دهر آمن مباش 

  • A fox falls (and lies) flat under his earth: above his earth are deceptive grains,
  • روبه افتد پهن اندر زیر خاک  ** بر سر خاکش حبوب مکرناک 

  • In order that the heedless crow may approach them and the crafty one cunningly seize her by the leg.
  • تا بیاید زاغ غافل سوی آن  ** پای او گیرد به مکر آن مکردان 

  • Since there are a hundred thousand cunning tricks in animals, how (great) must be the cunning of Man who is superior (to all other animals)! 4090
  • صدهزاران مکر در حیوان چو هست  ** چون بود مکر بشر کو مهترست 

  • In his hand (he carries) a copy of the Holy Book as (though he were) Zaynu ’l- ‘Ábidín; (but) in his sleeve a vengeful dagger.
  • مصحفی در کف چو زین‌العابدین  ** خنجری پر قهر اندر آستین 

  • He addresses thee smilingly—“O my lord,” (while) in his heart there is a Babylon of sorcery and guileful spells.
  • گویدت خندان کای مولای من  ** در دل او بابلی پر سحر و فن