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  • 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 

  • (He is) deadly poison, (though) in appearance he is honey and milk. Beware, do not go (on thy way) save in company with a wise (spiritual) preceptor.
  • زهر قاتل صورتش شهدست و شیر  ** هین مرو بی‌صحبت پیر خبیر 

  • All selfish pleasures are a deceit and fraud: round the lightning-flash is a wall of darkness.
  • جمله لذات هوا مکرست و زرق  ** سوز و تاریکیست گرد نور برق 

  • The lightning is (but) a brief gleam, false and fleeting, surrounded by darkness; and thy way is long. 4095
  • برق نور کوته و کذب و مجاز  ** گرد او ظلمات و راه تو دراز 

  • By its light thou canst neither read a letter nor ride to thy destination.
  • نه به نورش نامه توانی خواندن  ** نه به منزل اسپ دانی راندن 

  • But, as a penalty for thy being enthralled by the lightning, the beams of sunrise withdraw themselves from thee.
  • لیک جرم آنک باشی رهن برق  ** از تو رو اندر کشد انوار شرق 

  • Mile after mile through the night the lightning's deception leads thee on, without a guide, in a dark wilderness.
  • می‌کشاند مکر برقت بی‌دلیل  ** در مفازه‌ی مظلمی شب میل میل 

  • Now thou fallest on a mountain, now into a river; now thou wanderest in this direction, now in that.
  • بر که افتی گاه و در جوی اوفتی  ** گه بدین سو گه بدان سوی اوفتی 

  • O seeker of worldly estate, thou wilt never find the guide; and if thou find him, thou wilt avert thy face from him, 4100
  • خود نبینی تو دلیل ای جاه‌جو  ** ور ببینی رو بگردانی ازو 

  • Saying, “I have travelled sixty miles on this road, and (now) this guide tells me I have lost my way.
  • که سفر کردم درین ره شصت میل  ** مر مرا گمراه گوید این دلیل 

  • If I give ear to this marvel, I must begin my journey again under his authority.
  • گر نهم من گوش سوی این شگفت  ** ز امر او راهم ز سر باید گرفت 

  • I have devoted my life to this journey: (I will pursue it) come what may. Begone, O Khwája!”
  • من درین ره عمر خود کردم گرو  ** هرچه بادا باد ای خواجه برو 

  • “(Yes), thou hast journeyed (far), but (only) in opinion (unsubstantial) as lightning: (come), make a tenth part of that journey for the sake of (Divine) inspiration (glorious) as the sunrise.
  • راه کردی لیک در ظن چو برق  ** عشر آن ره کن پی وحی چو شرق 

  • Thou hast read (the Verse), Opinion cannot serve instead of truth, and (yet) by a lightning-flash like that thou hast been blinded to a rising sun. 4105
  • ظن لایغنی من الحق خوانده‌ای  ** وز چنان برقی ز شرقی مانده‌ای 

  • Hark, come into our boat, O wretched man, or (at least) tie that boat (of thine) to this boat (of ours).”
  • هی در آ در کشتی ما ای نژند  ** یا تو آن کشتی برین کشتی ببند 

  • He replies, “How should I abandon power and dominion? How should I follow thee blindly?”
  • گوید او چون ترک گیرم گیر و دار  ** چون روم من در طفیلت کوروار 

  • A blind man is certainly better off with a guide than (when he goes) alone: in the former case there is (only) one ignominy, while in the latter there are a hundred.
  • کور با رهبر به از تنها یقین  ** زان یکی ننگست و صد ننگست ازین 

  • Thou art fleeing from a gnat to a scorpion, thou art fleeing from a dewdrop into an ocean.
  • می‌گریزی از پشه در کزدمی  ** می‌گریزی در یمی تو از نمی 

  • Thou art fleeing from thy father's unkindnesses into the midst of scoundrels and mischief and trouble. 4110
  • می‌گریزی از جفاهای پدر  ** در میان لوطیان و شور و شر 

  • Like Joseph, thou art fleeing from one sorrow to fall into a well (of woe) through (being beguiled by) “let us frolic and play.”
  • می‌گریزی هم‌چو یوسف ز اندهی  ** تا ز نرتع نلعب افتی در چهی 

  • Because of this pastime thou fallest into a well, like him; but where is the (Divine) favour to help thee (as it helped him)?
  • در چه افتی زین تفرج هم‌چو او  ** مر ترا لیک آن عنایت یار کو 

  • Had it not been (done) by his father's leave, he would never have emerged from the well till the Resurrection;
  • گر نبودی آن به دستوری پدر  ** برنیاوردی ز چه تا حشر سر 

  • (But) in order to please him his father gave the permission and said, “Since this is thy desire, may good come (of it)!”
  • آن پدر بهر دل او اذن داد  ** گفت چون اینست میلت خیر باد 

  • Any blind man who turns away in scorn from a Messiah will be left, like the Jews, without guidance; 4115
  • هر ضریری کز مسیحی سر کشد  ** او جهودانه بماند از رشد 

  • (For) though he was blind, he was capable of receiving light; (but) from showing this aversion he becomes blind and blue (miserably lost).
  • قابل ضو بود اگر چه کور بود  ** شد ازین اعراض او کور و کبود