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4361-4370

  • اندر آن بازی چو گویی نام زر ** آن کند در خاطر کودک گذر
  • When in that game you mention the name of gold, (the idea of) that (potsherd) crosses the child's mind.
  • بل زر مضروب ضرب ایزدی ** کو نگردد کاسد آمد سرمدی
  • Nay, (’tis) the gold stamped with the Divine stamp, (the gold) which does not become obsolete, (but) is everlasting;
  • آن زری کین زر از آن زر تاب یافت ** گوهر و تابندگی و آب یافت
  • The gold from which this (worldly) gold gained lustre and derived sheen and splendour and brilliance;
  • آن زری که دل ازو گردد غنی ** غالب آید بر قمر در روشنی
  • The gold whereby the heart is made rich: it surpasses the moon in brightness.
  • شمع بود آن مسجد و پروانه او ** خویشتن در باخت آن پروانه‌خو 4365
  • That mosque was the candle, and he (the guest) was the moth: that man of moth-like nature gambled himself away (sacrificed himself).
  • پر بسوخت او را ولیکن ساختش ** بس مبارک آمد آن انداختش
  • It burnt his wings, but it complied with him (granted his desire): his throwing (himself into the flame) was very blessed.
  • همچو موسی بود آن مسعودبخت ** کاتشی دید او به سوی آن درخت
  • That man of happy fortune was like Moses who beheld a fire in the direction of the tree.
  • چون عنایتها برو موفور بود ** نار می‌پنداشت و خود آن نور بود
  • Since the (Divine) favours were plenteously bestowed on him, he (only) fancied it was fire, and really it was the Light.
  • مرد حق را چون ببینی ای پسر ** تو گمان داری برو نار بشر
  • O son, when you see a man of God, you suppose (that you see) in him the fire of human nature.
  • تو ز خود می‌آیی و آن در تو است ** نار و خار ظن باطل این سو است 4370
  • You are coming (to that conclusion) from yourself, and that (human nature) is in you (not in him): the fire and thorns of vain opinion are in this quarter.