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  • تو رعیت باش چون سلطان نه‏ای ** خود مران چون مرد کشتیبان نه‏ای‏
  • Be a vassal since you are not a lord: do not steer (the boat) yourself, since you are not the boatman.
  • چون نه‏ای کامل دکان تنها مگیر ** دست‏خوش می‏باش تا گردی خمیر 3455
  • Since you are not (spiritually) perfect, do not take a shop (by yourself) alone. Be pliant to the hand, in order that you may become leavened (like dough).
  • أنصتوا را گوش کن خاموش باش ** چون زبان حق نگشتی گوش باش‏
  • Give ear to (the Divine command), “Keep silence,” be mute; since you have not become the tongue (mouthpiece) of God, be an ear.
  • ور بگویی شکل استفسار گو ** با شهنشاهان تو مسکین‏وار گو
  • And if you speak, speak in the form of a request for explanation: speak to the (spiritual) emperors as a lowly beggar.
  • ابتدای کبر و کین از شهوت است ** راسخی شهوتت از عادت است‏
  • The beginning of pride and hatred is in (worldly) lust, and the rootedness of your lust is from habit.
  • چون ز عادت گشت محکم خوی بد ** خشم آید بر کسی کت واکشد
  • When an evil disposition becomes confirmed by habit, you are enraged with any one who restrains you.
  • چون که تو گل خوار گشتی هر که او ** واکشد از گل ترا باشد عدو 3460
  • After you have become an eater of clay, any one who restrains you from (eating) clay is your enemy.
  • بت پرستان چون که خو با بت کنند ** مانعان راه بت را دشمنند
  • Since idolaters are devoted to the idol, they are foes to them that prevent their access (to it).
  • چون که کرد ابلیس خو با سروری ** دید آدم را حقیر او از خری‏
  • Since Iblís had become accustomed to being leader, he in his folly regarded Adam with contempt.
  • که به از من سروری دیگر بود ** تا که او مسجود چون من کس شود
  • Saying, “Is there another leader superior to me, so that he should be worshipped by one like me?”