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151-160

  • گر گدازی زین هوسها تو بدن  ** بس پشیمان و غمین خواهی شدن 
  • If you waste away your body in consequence of these idle whims, you will become very sorry and anxious.
  • این بخور گرمست و داروی مزاج  ** وآن بیاشام از پی نفع و علاج 
  • Eat this, it is hot and good for your health; and drink that for your benefit and as a cure,
  • هم بدین نیت که این تن مرکبست  ** آنچ خو کردست آنش اصوبست 
  • With the intention (of acting on the principle) that (since) this body is your riding-beast that to which it is accustomed is best for it.
  • هین مگردان خو که پیش آید خلل  ** در دماغ و دل بزاید صد علل 
  • Beware, do not alter your habit, else mischief will ensure and a hundred maladies will be produced in brain and heart.”
  • این چنین تهدیدها آن دیو دون  ** آرد و بر خلق خواند صد فسون  155
  • Such menaces does the vile Devil employ, and he chants a hundred spells over the people.
  • خویش جالینوس سازد در دوا  ** تا فریبد نفس بیمار ترا 
  • He makes himself out to be a Galen (for skill) in medicine, that he may deceive your ailing soul.
  • کین ترا سودست از درد و غمی  ** گفت آدم را همین در گندمی 
  • “This,” says he, “is of use to you against any sorrow and pain.” He said the same thing to Adam about an ear of wheat.
  • پیش آرد هیهی و هیهات را  ** وز لویشه پیچد او لبهات را 
  • He utters (hypocritical expressions such as) “Ah, ah” and “Alas,” while he twists your lips with the farrier's barnacle,
  • هم‌چو لبهای فرس و در وقت نعل  ** تا نماید سنگ کمتر را چو لعل 
  • As (the farrier twists) the lips of a horse when shoeing it, in order that he (the Devil) may cause an inferior (worthless) stone to appear as a ruby.
  • گوشهاات گیرد او چون گوش اسب  ** می‌کشاند سوی حرص و سوی کسب  160
  • He takes hold of your ears as (though they were) the ears of a horse, pulling you towards greed and acquisition (of worldly goods).