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6
259-268

  • پر هنر را نیز اگر باشد نفیس  ** کم پرست و عبرتی گیر از بلیس 
  • Do not court a man full of talent either, (even) if he be exquisite (in that respect), and take a warning from (the example of) Iblís.
  • علم بودش چون نبودش عشق دین  ** او ندید از آدم الا نقش طین  260
  • He (Iblís) had knowledge, (but) since he had not religious love, he beheld in Adam nothing but a figure of clay.
  • گرچه دانی دقت علم ای امین  ** زانت نگشاید دو دیده‌ی غیب‌بین 
  • Though you may know (all) the minutiae of knowledge, O trustworthy (scholar), not by that (means) will your two (inward) eyes that discern the invisible be opened.
  • او نبیند غیر دستاری و ریش  ** از معرف پرسد از بیش و کمیش 
  • He (the scholar) sees nothing but a turban and beard: he asks the announcer (for information) about his (the stranger's) merits and demerits.
  • عارفا تو از معرف فارغی  ** خود همی‌بینی که نور بازغی 
  • (But) you, O knower (of God), have no need of the announcer: you see for yourself, for you are the rising light.
  • کار تقوی دارد و دین و صلاح  ** که ازو باشد بدو عالم فلاح 
  • The (only) thing that matters is fear of God and religion and piety, of which the result is happiness in both worlds.
  • کرد یک داماد صالح اختیار  ** که بد او فخر همه خیل و تبار  265
  • He (the Khwája) chose a pious son-in-law who was the pride of the whole clan and stock.
  • پس زنان گفتند او را مال نیست  ** مهتری و حسن و استقلال نیست 
  • Then the women said, “He has no riches, he has neither nobility nor beauty nor independence.”
  • گفت آنها تابع زهدند و دین  ** بی‌زر او گنجیست بر روی زمین 
  • He replied, “Those things are secondary to asceticism and religion: he (the pious man), (though) without gold, is a treasure on the face of the earth.”
  • چون به جد تزویج دختر گشت فاش  ** دست پیمان و نشانی و قماش 
  • When it became known that the girl was going to be married in earnest, (as was proved by) the hand-promise, the tokens, and the wedding-outfit,