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3089-3098

  • تاجر ترسنده‌طبع شیشه‌جان ** در طلب نه سود دارد نه زیان
  • The merchant of timid disposition and frail spirit neither gains nor loses in his quest;
  • بل زیان دارد که محرومست و خوار ** نور او یابد که باشد شعله‌خوار 3090
  • Nay, he suffers loss, for he is deprived (of fortune) and despicable: (only) he that is an eater of flames (ardent in search) will find the light.
  • چونک بر بوکست جمله کارها ** کار دین اولی کزین یابی رها
  • Inasmuch as all affairs turn upon hope, the affair of religion is most worthy (to inspire hope), for by this means you may win salvation.
  • نیست دستوری بدینجا قرع باب ** جز امید الله اعلم بالصواب
  • Here it is not permitted to knock at the door (with importunity); naught but hope (is permissible): God best knoweth the right course.
  • بیان آنک ایمان مقلد خوفست و رجا
  • Explaining how the faith of the conventional (worldly) man consists in fear and hope.
  • داعی هر پیشه اومیدست و بوک ** گرچه گردنشان ز کوشش شد چو دوک
  • The motive in every trade is hope and chance, even though their necks are (worn thin), like a spindle, from (incessant) toil.
  • بامدادان چون سوی دکان رود ** بر امید و بوک روزی می‌دود
  • When he (the trader) goes in the morning to his shop, he is running (thither) in the hope and chance of (earning) a livelihood.
  • بوک روزی نبودت چون می‌روی ** خوف حرمان هست تو چونی قوی 3095
  • (If) you have not the chance of (earning) a livelihood, why do you go (to your shop)? There is the fear (danger) of disappointment: how (then) are you strong (confident)?
  • خوف حرمان ازل در کسب لوت ** چون نکردت سست اندر جست و جوت
  • In (the case of) earning food, how has the fear of eternal (eternally predestined) disappointment not made you feeble in your search?
  • گویی گرچه خوف حرمان هست پیش ** هست اندر کاهلی این خوف بیش
  • You will say, “Though the fear of disappointment is before (me), this fear is greater (when I am) in idleness.
  • هست در کوشش امیدم بیشتر ** دارم اندر کاهلی افزون خطر
  • (When I am) at work my hope is greater: (when I am) in idleness I have more risk.”