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6
446-470

  • O thou who hast learned to wear a gold-embroidered robe and a belt, at the last there is (only) the unsewn garment for thee (to wear).
  • ای بزربفت و کمر آموخته  ** آخرستت جامه‌ی نادوخته 

  • We shall turn our faces to the earth whence we have sprung: why (then) have we fixed our hearts on creatures devoid of constancy (permanence)?
  • رو به خاک آریم کز وی رسته‌ایم  ** دل چرا در بی‌وفایان بسته‌ایم 

  • The four ‘natures’ are our ancestors and kinsfolk from of old, (yet) we have fixed our hopes on a borrowed (temporary) kinship.
  • جد و خویشانمان قدیمی چار طبع  ** ما به خویشی عاریت بستیم طمع 

  • During (many) years the body of Man had companionship and intimacy with the elements.
  • سالها هم‌صحبتی و هم‌دمی  ** با عناصر داشت جسم آدمی 

  • His spirit, indeed, is from the (world of) souls and intelligences, (but) the spirit has forsaken its origins. 450
  • روح او خود از نفوس و از عقول  ** روح اصول خویش را کرده نکول 

  • From the pure souls and intelligences there is coming to the spirit a letter, saying, ‘O faithless one,
  • از عقول و از نفوس پر صفا  ** نامه می‌آید به جان کای بی‌وفا 

  • Thou hast found (some) miserable five-day friends and hast turned thy face away from thy friends of old.’
  • یارکان پنج روزه یافتی  ** رو ز یاران کهن بر تافتی 

  • Although the children are happy in their play, (yet) at nightfall they are dragged off and taken home.
  • کودکان گرچه که در بازی خوشند  ** شب کشانشان سوی خانه می‌کشند 

  • At play-time the little child strips: suddenly the thief carries off his coat and shoes.
  • شد برهنه وقت بازی طفل خرد  ** دزد از ناگه قبا و کفش برد 

  • He is so hotly engaged in play that his cap and shirt are forgotten. 455
  • آن چنان گرم او به بازی در فتاد  ** کان کلاه و پیرهن رفتش ز یاد 

  • Night falls, and his play becomes helpless (impossible): he has not the face to go home.
  • شد شب و بازی او شد بی‌مدد  ** رو ندارد کو سوی خانه رود 

  • Have not you heard (the Verse) the present life is only a play? You have squandered your goods and have become afraid.
  • نی شنیدی انما الدنیا لعب  ** باد دادی رخت و گشتی مرتعب 

  • Look for your clothes ere night comes on: do not waste the day in (idle) talk.
  • پیش از آنک شب شود جامه بجو  ** روز را ضایع مکن در گفت و گو 

  • I have chosen a (place of) seclusion in the desert: I have perceived that manking are stealers of clothes.
  • من به صحرا خلوتی بگزیده‌ام  ** خلق را من دزد جامه دیده‌ام 

  • Half of life (is lost) in desire for a charming friend; (the other) half of life (is lost) in anxieties caused by foes. 460
  • نیم عمر از آرزوی دلستان  ** نیم عمر از غصه‌های دشمنان 

  • That (desire) has carried off (our) cloak, this (anxiety) has carried off (our) cap, (while) we have become absorbed in play, like a little child.
  • جبه را برد آن کله را این ببرد  ** غرق بازی گشته ما چون طفل خرد 

  • Lo, the night-time of death is near. Leave this play: you have (played) enough, do not return (to it).
  • نک شبانگاه اجل نزدیک شد  ** خل هذا اللعب به سبک لاتعد 

  • Hark, mount (the steed of) repentance, overtake the thief, and recover your clothes from him.
  • هین سوار توبه شود در دزد رس  ** جامه‌ها از دزد بستان باز پس 

  • The steed of repentance is a marvellous steed: in one moment it runs from below up to heaven.
  • مرکب توبه عجاب مرکبست  ** بر فلک تازد به یک لحظه ز پست 

  • But always keep the steed (safe) from him who secretly stole your coat. 465
  • لیک مرکب را نگه می‌دار از آن  ** کو بدزدید آن قبایت را نهان 

  • Lest he steal your steed also, keep watch over this steed of yours incessantly.”
  • تا ندزدد مرکبت را نیز هم  ** پاس دار این مرکبت را دم به دم 

  • Story of the person whose ram was stolen by some thieves. Not content with that, they stole his clothes too by means of a trick.
  • حکایت آن شخص کی دزدان قوج او را بدزدیدند و بر آن قناعت نکرد به حیله جامه‌هاش را هم دزدیدند 

  • A certain man had a ram (which) he was leading along behind him: a thief carried off the ram, having cut its halter.
  • آن یکی قج داشت از پس می‌کشید  ** دزد قج را برد حبلش را برید 

  • As soon as he (the owner) noticed, he began to run to left and right, that he might find out where the stolen ram was.
  • چونک آگه شد دوان شد چپ و راست  ** تا بیابد کان قج برده کجاست 

  • Beside a well he saw the thief crying, “Alas! Woe is me!”
  • بر سر چاهی بدید آن دزد را  ** که فغان می‌کرد کای واویلتا 

  • “O master,” said he, “why are you lamenting?” He replied, “My purse (full) of gold has fallen into the well. 470
  • گفت نالان از چی ای اوستاد  ** گفت همیان زرم در چه فتاد