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  • سجده‏گاهم را از آن رو لطف حق ** پاک گردانید تا هفتم طبق‏
  • On that account the grace of God has made my place of worship to be pure (everywhere, even) up to the seventh tier (of Heaven).”
  • هان و هان ترک حسد کن با شهان ** ور نه ابلیسی شوی اندر جهان‏
  • Beware and beware! Cease from envying the (spiritual) kings, else you will become a devil in the world.
  • کاو اگر زهری خورد شهدی شود ** تو اگر شهدی خوری زهری بود 3430
  • For if he drink poison, it turns to honey; (but) if you eat honey, it is poison (to you);
  • کاو بدل گشت و بدل شد کار او ** لطف گشت و نور شد هر نار او
  • For he has been changed, and his action has been changed: he has become the Grace (of God), and every fire in him has been turned into Light.
  • قوت حق بود مر بابیل را ** ور نه مرغی چون کشد مر پیل را
  • The abábíl (swifts) had the power of God (in them); else, how should a bird kill an elephant?
  • لشکری را مرغکی چندی شکست ** تا بدانی کان صلابت از حق است‏
  • A number of little birds broke an (entire) army—so that you may know that that strength is from God.
  • گر تو را وسواس آید زین قبیل ** رو بخوان تو سوره‏ی اصحاب فیل‏
  • If temptation of this kind come to you, go, read the Súra concerning the Possessors of the Elephant.
  • ور کنی با او مری و همسری ** کافرم دان گر تو ز ایشان سر بری‏ 3435
  • And if you contend and engage in rivalry with him (the saint), deem me an infidel if you save your head from them.
  • کشیدن موش مهار شتر را و متعجب شدن موش در خود
  • How the mouse pulled (the rope attached to) the camel's nose-ring and became self conceited.
  • موشکی در کف مهار اشتری ** در ربود و شد روان او از مری‏
  • A little mouse caught in his forelegs a camel's leading-rope and from emulation went off (with it).
  • اشتر از چستی که با او شد روان ** موش غره شد که هستم پهلوان‏
  • By reason of the readiness with which the camel set out along with him, the mouse was duped into thinking himself a hero.