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1074-1083

  • حامل دین بود او محمول شد ** قابل فرمان بد او مقبول شد
  • He was a bearer of the (true) religion, and he became one who is borne; he was an accepter of the (Divine) command, and he became accepted.

  • تا کنون فرمان پذیرفتی ز شاه ** بعد از این فرمان رساند بر سپاه‌‌ 1075
  • Until now, he was receiving commands from the King; henceforth he delivers the (King's) commands to the people.

  • تا کنون اختر اثر کردی در او ** بعد از این باشد امیر اختر او
  • Until now, the stars were influencing him; henceforth he is the ruler of the stars.

  • گر ترا اشکال آید در نظر ** پس تو شک داری در انشق القمر
  • If (on this account) perplexity arise in thy sight (mind), then thou wilt have doubts concerning The moon was cloven asunder.

  • تازه کن ایمان نه از گفت زبان ** ای هوا را تازه کرده در نهان‌‌
  • Refresh thy faith, (but) not with talk of the tongue, O thou who hast secretly refreshed thy (evil) desire.

  • تا هوا تازه ست ایمان تازه نیست ** کاین هوا جز قفل آن دروازه نیست‌‌
  • So long as desire is fresh, faith is not fresh, for ’tis this desire that locks (against thee) that gate.

  • کرده‌‌ای تاویل حرف بکر را ** خویش را تاویل کن نی ذکر را 1080
  • Thou hast interpreted (and altered the meaning of) the virgin (uncorrupted) Word: interpret (alter) thyself, not the (Divine) Book.

  • بر هوا تاویل قرآن می‌‌کنی ** پست و کژ شد از تو معنی سنی‌‌
  • Thou interpretest the Qur’án according to thy desire: by thee the sublime meaning is degraded and perverted.

  • زیافت تاویل رکیک مگس‌‌
  • The baseness of the foul interpretation given by the fly.

  • آن مگس بر برگ کاه و بول خر ** همچو کشتی‌‌بان همی‌‌افراشت سر
  • The fly was lifting up his head, like a pilot, on a blade of straw and (a pool of) ass's urine.

  • گفت من دریا و کشتی خوانده‌‌ام ** مدتی در فکر آن می‌‌مانده‌‌ام‌‌
  • “I have called (them) sea and ship,” said he; “I have been pondering over that (interpretation) for a long while.