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4
418-427

  • چون نماند خانه‌ها را قاعده ** مومنان مانند نفس واحده
  • When the (bodily) houses have no foundation remaining, the Faithful remain one soul.
  • فرق و اشکالات آید زین مقال ** زانک نبود مثل این باشد مثال
  • Differences and difficulties arise from this saying, because this is not a (complete) similitude: it is (only) a comparison.
  • فرقها بی‌حد بود از شخص شیر ** تا به شخص آدمی‌زاد دلیر 420
  • Endless are the differences between the corporeal figure of a lion and the figure of a courageous son of man;
  • لیک در وقت مثال ای خوش‌نظر ** اتحاد از روی جانبازی نگر
  • But at the moment of (making) the comparison consider, O thou who hast good insight, their oneness in respect of hazarding their lives;
  • کان دلیر آخر مثال شیر بود ** نیست مثل شیر در جمله‌ی حدود
  • For, after all, the courageous man did resemble the lion, (though) he is not like the lion in all points of the definition.
  • متحد نقشی ندارد این سرا ** تا که مثلی وا نمایم من ترا
  • This abode (the world) does not contain any form (that is) one (with any other form), so that I might show forth to thee a (complete) similitude.
  • هم مثال ناقصی دست آورم ** تا ز حیرانی خرد را وا خرم
  • Still, I will bring to hand an imperfect comparison, that I may redeem thy mind from confusion.
  • شب بهر خانه چراغی می‌نهند ** تا به نور آن ز ظلمت می‌رهند 425
  • At night a lamp is placed in every house, in order that by its light they (the inmates) may be delivered from darkness.
  • آن چراغ این تن بود نورش چو جان ** هست محتاج فتیل و این و آن
  • That lamp is (like) this body, its light like the (animal) soul; it requires a wick and this and that.
  • آن چراغ شش فتیله‌ی این حواس ** جملگی بر خواب و خور دارد اساس
  • That lamp with six wicks, namely, these senses, is based entirely upon sleep and food.