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1347-1356

  • آن توکل کو خلیلانه ترا  ** وآن کرامت چون کلیمت از کجا 
  • Where, in your case, is trust in God like (the trust of) Khalíl (Abraham), and whence will you get the (Divine) grace like (that bestowed upon) Kalím (Moses),
  • تا نبرد تیغت اسمعیل را  ** تا کنی شه‌راه قعر نیل را 
  • So that your knife should not cut (the throat of) Ismá‘íl (Ishmael) and that you should make the depths of the Nile a (dry) highway?
  • گر سعیدی از مناره اوفتید  ** بادش اندر جامه افتاد و رهید 
  • If a blessed one fell from the minaret (and) was saved by the wind filling his raiment,
  • چون یقینت نیست آن بخت ای حسن  ** تو چرا بر باد دادی خویشتن  1350
  • Why have you, O good man, committed yourself to the wind when you are not sure of that (same) fortune?
  • زین مناره صد هزاران هم‌چو عاد  ** در فتادند و سر و سر باد داد 
  • From this minaret hundreds of thousands (of peoples) like ‘Ád fell down and gave to the wind (lost) their lives and souls.
  • سرنگون افتادگان را زین منار  ** می‌نگر تو صد هزار اندر هزار 
  • Behold those who have fallen headlong from this minaret, hundreds of thousands on thousands!
  • تو رسن‌بازی نمیدانی یقین  ** شکر پاها گوی و می‌رو بر زمین 
  • (If) you have no sure skill in rope-dancing, give thanks for your feet and walk on the ground.
  • پر مساز از کاغذ و از که مپر  ** که در آن سودا بسی رفتست سر 
  • Don't make wings of paper and fly from the (top of a) mountain, for many a head has gone (to destruction) in this craze.
  • گرچه آن صوفی پر آتش شد ز خشم  ** لیک او بر عاقبت انداخت چشم  1355
  • Although the Súfí was afire with anger, yet he cast his eye on the consequence.
  • اول صف بر کسی ماندم به کام  ** کو نگیرد دانه بیند بند دام 
  • The highest success belongs permanently to him who does not take the bait and sees (the danger of) imprisonment in the trap.