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  • آن عزیز مصر می‌دیدی به خواب  ** چونک چشم غیب را شد فتح باب 
  • The Lord of Egypt saw in dream, when the door of his inward eye was opened,
  • هفت گاو فربه بس پروری  ** خوردشان آن هفت گاو لاغری 
  • Seven fat kine, exceedingly well-nourished: the seven lean kine devoured them.
  • در درون شیران بدند آن لاغران  ** ورنه گاوان را نبودندی خوران 
  • The lean ones were lions within; else they would not have been devouring the (fat) kine.
  • پس بشر آمد به صورت مرد کار  ** لیک در وی شیر پنهان مردخوار  935
  • The man of (holy) works, then, is human in appearance, but in him is concealed a man-eating lion.
  • مرد را خوش وا خورد فردش کند  ** صاف گردد دردش ار دردش کند 
  • He (the lion) heartily devours the (carnal) man and makes him single: his dregs become pure if he (the lion) inflict pain upon him.
  • زان یکی درد او ز جمله دردها  ** وا رهد پا بر نهد او بر سها 
  • By that one pain he is delivered from all dregs: he sets his foot upon Suhá.
  • چند گویی هم‌چو زاغ پر نحوس  ** ای خلیل از بهر چه کشتی خروس 
  • How long wilt thou speak (caw) like the ill-omened crow? (Let me return to the parable and ask), “O Khalíl, wherefore didst thou kill the cock?”
  • گفت فرمان حکمت فرمان بگو  ** تا مسبح گردم آن را مو به مو 
  • He replied, “(Because of) the (Divine) command.” “Tell (me) the wisdom of the (Divine) command, that I may glorify that (wisdom) punctiliously.”
  • بیان آنک کشتن خلیل علیه‌السلام خروس را اشارت به قمع و قهر کدام صفت بود از صفات مذمومات مهلکان در باطن مرید 
  • Explaining that the killing of the cock by Abraham, on whom be peace, signifies the subdual and subjugation of certain blameworthy and pernicious qualities in the heart of the disciple.
  • شهوتی است او و بس شهوت‌پرست  ** زان شراب زهرناک ژاژ مست  940
  • He (the cock) is lustful and much addicted to lust, intoxicated by that poisonous insipid wine.
  • گرنه بهر نسل بود ای وصی  ** آدم از ننگش بکردی خود خصی 
  • Had not it (lust) been (necessary) for the sake of procreation, O executor, Adam for shame of it would have made himself a eunuch.