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2585-2594

  • مر ترا دشنام و سیلی شهان ** بهتر آید از ثنای گمرهان‏ 2585
  • For thee the revilings and blows of the (spiritual) kings would be better than the praise of the unrighteous.

  • صفع شاهان خور مخور شهد خسان ** تا کسی گردی ز اقبال کسان‏
  • Swallow the slaps of the (spiritual) kings, do not swallow the honey of the rabble, to the end that through the fortune of (those) personages thou mayst (thyself) become a personage;

  • ز آنک از ایشان خلعت و دولت رسد ** در پناه روح جان گردد جسد
  • Because from them come felicity and robes of honour and felicity: under the shelter of the spirit, body becomes soul.

  • هر کجا بینی برهنه و بی‏نوا ** دان که او بگریخته ست از اوستا
  • Wherever thou seest one (that is) naked and destitute, know that he hath fled from the (spiritual) master,

  • تا چنان گردد که می‏خواهد دلش ** آن دل کور بد بی‏حاصلش‏
  • In order that he may become such as his heart desires––that blind, wicked, worthless heart of him.

  • گر چنان گشتی که استا خواستی ** خویش را و خویش را آراستی‏ 2590
  • If he had become such as his master desired, he would have graced himself and his kindred.

  • هر که از استا گریزد در جهان ** او ز دولت می‏گریزد این بدان‏
  • Whoever in the world flees from his master is fleeing from felicity. Know this (for sure)!

  • پیشه‏ای آموختی در کسب تن ** چنگ اندر پیشه‏ی دینی بزن‏
  • Thou hast learned a trade to earn a livelihood for the body: (now) set thy hand to a religious (spiritual) trade.

  • در جهان پوشیده گشتی و غنی ** چون برون آیی از اینجا چون کنی‏
  • In this world thou hast become clothed and rich: when thou comest forth from here, how wilt thou do?

  • پیشه‏ای آموز کاندر آخرت ** اندر آید دخل کسب مغفرت‏
  • Learn such a trade that hereafter the earning of God’s forgiveness may come in as revenue (to thee).