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1581-1630

  • The exterior of the turban was like a robe of Paradise, (but) it was shameful and ugly within, like the hypocrite.
  • ظاهر دستار چون حله‌ی بهشت ** چون منافق اندرون رسوا و زشت
  • Shreds of dalq (dervish-cloak) and cotton and fur were buried inside that turban.
  • پاره پاره دلق و پنبه و پوستین ** در درون آن عمامه بد دفین
  • He had set his face towards the college at dawn, that by means of this false dignity he might gain (material) blessings.
  • روی سوی مدرسه کرده صبوح ** تا بدین ناموس یابد او فتوح
  • A clothes-robber stood waiting on the dark road to practise his craft.
  • در ره تاریک مردی جامه کن ** منتظر استاده بود از بهر فن
  • He snatched the turban from his head, and then started to run in order that he might settle the business. 1585
  • در ربود او از سرش دستار را ** پس دوان شد تا بسازد کار را
  • Thereupon the divine shouted at him, saying, “O son, undo the turban (first), then take it (away with you).
  • پس فقیهش بانگ برزد کای پسر ** باز کن دستار را آنگه ببر
  • Even as you are flying with four wings (very rapidly), (with the same speed) undo the gift which you are taking away.
  • این چنین که چار پره می‌پری ** باز کن آن هدیه را که می‌بری
  • Undo it and rub (feel) with your hand, then take it if you like: I sanction (that).”
  • باز کن آن را به دست خود بمال ** آنگهان خواهی ببر کردم حلال
  • When he who was fleeing undid it, a hundred thousand rags dropped on the road.
  • چونک بازش کرد آنک می‌گریخت ** صد هزاران ژنده اندر ره بریخت
  • Of that big improper turban of his there remained in his (the robber's) hand (only) an ell of old cloth. 1590
  • زان عمامه‌ی زفت نابایست او ** ماند یک گز کهنه‌ای در دست او
  • He dashed the rag on the ground, saying, “O worthless man, by this fraud you have put me out of business (deprived me of profit).”
  • بر زمین زد خرقه را کای بی‌عیار ** زین دغل ما را بر آوردی ز کار
  • The World's mute admonition to worldlings, and how it displays its faithlessness to those who have hope of its keeping faith (with them).
  • نصیحت دنیا اهل دنیا را به زبان حال و بی‌وفایی خود را نمودن به وفا طمع دارندگان ازو
  • He (the divine) said, “I defrauded (you), but (at the same time) I declared to you the (truth of the) matter by way of admonition.”
  • گفت بنمودم دغل لیکن ترا ** از نصیحت باز گفتم ماجرا
  • Likewise the World, though it blossomed delightfully (made a fair show), at the same time uttered a (warning) cry and declared its faithlessness.
  • هم‌چنین دنیا اگر چه خوش شکفت ** بانگ زد هم بی‌وفایی خویش گفت
  • In this (realm of) existence and corruption, O master, existence is the fraud and that corruption is the admonition.
  • اندرین کون و فساد ای اوستاد ** آن دغل کون و نصیحت آن فساد
  • Existence says, “Come, I am delectable,” and its corruption says, “Go, I am nothing.” 1595
  • کون می‌گوید بیا من خوش‌پیم ** وآن فسادش گفته رو من لا شی‌ام
  • O thou that bitest thy lip (in admiration) at the beauty of spring, look on the coldness and paleness of autumn.
  • ای ز خوبی بهاران لب گزان ** بنگر آن سردی و زردی خزان
  • In the daytime thou didst deem the countenance of the sun beauteous: remember its death in the moment of setting.
  • روز دیدی طلعت خورشید خوب ** مرگ او را یاد کن وقت غروب
  • Thou sawest the full-moon on this lovely firmament: observe also its anguish (caused by the loss of visibility) during the interlunar period.
  • بدر را دیدی برین خوش چار طاق ** حسرتش را هم ببین اندر محاق
  • A boy, on account of his beauty, became the lord of the people: after the morrow he became doting and exposed to the scorn of the people.
  • کودکی از حسن شد مولای خلق ** بعد فردا شد خرف رسوای خلق
  • If the body of those in the fresh bloom of youth has made thee a prey, after (it has come to) old age behold a body (bleached) like a cotton plantation. 1600
  • گر تن سیمین‌تنان کردت شکار ** بعد پیری بین تنی چون پنبه‌زار
  • O thou who hast seen rich viands, arise and see the residue thereof in the latrine.
  • ای بدیده لوتهای چرب خیز ** فضله‌ی آن را ببین در آب‌ریز
  • Say to the filth, “Where is that beauty of thine—the savour and goodliness and (sweet) scent (which thou hadst) in the dish?”
  • مر خبث را گو که آن خوبیت کو ** بر طبق آن ذوق و آن نغزی و بو
  • It replies, “That (beauty) was the bait: I was its trap: since thou hast fallen a prey (to it), the bait has become hidden.”
  • گوید او آن دانه بد من دام آن ** چون شدی تو صید شد دانه نهان
  • Many fingers that in handicraft (skill and dexterity) were the envy of master craftsmen have at last become trembling.
  • بس انامل رشک استادان شده ** در صناعت عاقبت لرزان شده
  • The soul-like intoxicating narcissus-eye (of the beloved)—see it dimmed at last and water trickling from it. 1605
  • نرگس چشم خمار هم‌چو جان ** آخر اعمش بین و آب از وی چکان
  • The lion (hero) who advances into the ranks of lions (valiant foes)—at last he is conquered by a mouse.
  • حیدری کاندر صف شیران رود ** آخر او مغلوب موشی می‌شود
  • The acute, far-seeing, artful genius—behold it at last imbecile as an old ass.
  • طبع تیز دوربین محترف ** چون خر پیرش ببین آخر خرف
  • The curly lock that sheds (a fragrance of) musk and takes away the reason—at last it is like the ugly white tail of a donkey.
  • زلف جعد مشکبار عقل‌بر ** آخرا چون دم زشت خنگ خر
  • Observe its (the World's) existence, (how) at first (it is) pleasing and joyous; and observe its shamefulness and corruption in the end;
  • خوش ببین کونش ز اول باگشاد ** وآخر آن رسواییش بین و فساد
  • For it showed the snare plainly: it plucked out the fool's moustache in thy presence. 1610
  • زانک او بنمود پیدا دام را ** پیش تو بر کند سبلت خام را
  • Do not say, then, “The World deceived me by its imposture; otherwise, my reason would have fled from its snare.”
  • پس مگو دنیا به تزویرم فریفت ** ورنه عقل من ز دامش می‌گریخت
  • Come now, see (how) the golden collar and shoulder-belt have become a shackle and gyve and chain.
  • طوق زرین و حمایل بین هله ** غل و زنجیری شدست و سلسله
  • Reckon every particle of the World (to be) like this: bring its beginning and its end into consideration.
  • همچنین هر جزو عالم می‌شمر ** اول و آخر در آرش در نظر
  • The more any one regards the end (ákhir) the more blessed he is; the more any one regards the stable (ákhur) the more banned he is.
  • هر که آخربین‌تر او مسعودتر ** هر که آخربین‌تر او مطرودتر
  • Regard every one's face as the glorious moon: when the beginning has been seen, see the end (also), 1615
  • روی هر یک چون مه فاخر ببین ** چونک اول دیده شد آخر ببین
  • Lest thou become a man blind of one eye, like Iblís: he, like a person docked (deprived of perfect sight), sees (the one) half and not (the other) half.
  • تا نباشی هم‌چو ابلیس اعوری ** نیم بیند نیم نی چون ابتری
  • He saw the clay (tín) of Adam but did not see his obedience to God (dín): he saw in him this world but did not see that (spirit) which beholds yonder world.
  • دید طین آدم و دینش ندید ** این جهان دید آن جهان‌بینش ندید
  • The superiority of men to women, O valorous one, is not on account of strength and money-making and (the possession of) landed estates;
  • فضل مردان بر زنان ای بو شجاع ** نیست بهر قوت و کسب و ضیاع
  • Otherwise the lion and elephant because of (their) strength would be superior to the human being, O blind one.
  • ورنه شیر و پیل را بر آدمی ** فضل بودی بهر قوت ای عمی
  • The superiority of men to women, O time-server, is because man is more regardful of the end. 1620
  • فضل مردان بر زن ای حالی‌پرست ** زان بود که مرد پایان بین‌ترست
  • The man who is crooked in respect of seeing the end, he, like a woman, is inferior to those acquainted with the end.
  • مرد کاندر عاقبت‌بینی خمست ** او ز اهل عاقبت چون زن کمست
  • From the World are coming two cries in opposition (to each other): (bethink thyself) for which (of them) thou art adapted.
  • از جهان دو بانگ می‌آید به ضد ** تا کدامین را تو باشی مستعد
  • Its one cry is the (means of) quickening the devout with (spiritual) life; and its other cry is the (means of) cajoling the graceless.
  • آن یکی بانگش نشور اتقیا ** وان یکی بانگش فریب اشقیا
  • (The World says), “I am the thorn-blossom, O sweet cherisher (of love for me): the flower will drop and I shall remain a (mere) thorn-bough.”
  • من شکوفه‌ی خارم ای خوش گرمدار ** گل بریزد من بمانم شاخ خار
  • The cry of its (the World's) blossom is, “Here is the flower-seller!” The cry of its thorn is, “Do not strive (to advance) towards me.” 1625
  • بانگ اشکوفه‌ش که اینک گل‌فروش ** بانگ خار او که سوی ما مکوش
  • (If) thou hast accepted (responded to) this (alluring cry), thou art left (unmoved) by the other, for a lover is deaf to the contrary of the object loved (by him).
  • این پذیرفتی بماندی زان دگر ** که محب از ضد محبوبست کر
  • The one cry is this, “Here am I, ready”; the other cry is, “Look upon my latter end.
  • آن یکی بانگ این که اینک حاضرم ** بانگ دیگر بنگر اندر آخرم
  • My readiness is like guile and ambush: behold the image of the end in the mirror of the beginning.”
  • حاضری‌ام هست چون مکر و کمین ** نقش آخر ز آینه‌ی اول ببین
  • When thou hast gone into one of these two sacks, thou hast become contrary and unsuitable to the other.
  • چون یکی زین دو جوال اندر شدی ** آن دگر را ضد و نا درخور شدی
  • Oh, happy is he who, from the first, heard that which the intelligences and the (spiritual) ears of (holy) men have heard. 1630
  • ای خنک آنکو ز اول آن شنید ** کش عقول و مسمع مردان شنید