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  • چون نبودش صبر می‌‌پیچید او ** کاین سگ زن روسپی حیز کو 3380
  • Since he had no patience, he was tormented. “Where,” he cried, “is this cur, this infamous cuckold,
  • تا بریزم بر وی آن چه گفته بود ** کان زمان شیر ضمیرم خفته بود
  • That I may pour upon him what he said (make a retort in his own style)?—for at that time the lion of my thought was asleep (I was too weak to contend with him).
  • چون عیادت بهر دل آرامی است ** این عیادت نیست دشمن کامی است‌‌
  • Inasmuch as visiting the sick is for the purpose of (giving them) tranquillity, this is not a visit to the sick: it is the satisfaction of an enemy's wish.
  • تا ببیند دشمن خود را نزار ** تا بگیرد خاطر زشتش قرار
  • (His motive was) that he should see his enemy enfeebled and that his wicked heart should be at peace.”
  • بس کسان کایشان ز طاعت گمره‌‌اند ** دل به رضوان و ثواب آن دهند
  • Many are they that have gone astray from (true) piety, (because) they set their hearts on being approved and rewarded for the same.
  • خود حقیقت معصیت باشد خفی ** بس کدر کان را تو پنداری صفی‌‌ 3385
  • ’Tis in truth a lurking sin: for there is many a foul thing that you think pure,
  • همچو آن کر که همی‌‌پنداشته ست ** کو نکویی کرد و آن بر عکس جست‌‌
  • As (in the case of) the deaf man, who fancied that he did a kindness, but it had the opposite result.
  • او نشسته خوش که خدمت کرده‌‌ام ** حق همسایه به جا آورده‌‌ام‌‌
  • He sits down well-pleased, saying, “I have paid my respects, I have performed what was due to my neighbour”;
  • بهر خود او آتشی افروخته ست ** در دل رنجور و خود را سوخته ست‌‌
  • (But) he has (only) kindled a fire (of resentment) against himself in the invalid's heart and burned himself.
  • فاتقوا النار التی أوقدتم ** إنکم فی المعصیة ازددتم‌‌
  • Beware, then, of the fire that ye have kindled: verily ye have increased in sin.
  • گفت پیغمبر به یک صاحب ریا ** صل إنک لم تصل یا فتی‌‌ 3390
  • The Prophet said to a hypocrite, “Pray, for indeed thou hast not prayed (aright), my man.”
  • از برای چاره‌‌ی این خوفها ** آمد اندر هر نمازی اهدنا
  • As a means of preventing these dangers, “Guide us” comes in every (ritual) prayer,
  • کاین نمازم را میامیز ای خدا ** با نماز ضالین و اهل ریا
  • That is to say, “O God, do not mingle my prayer with the prayer of the erring and the hypocrites.”
  • از قیاسی که بکرد آن کر گزین ** صحبت ده ساله باطل شد بدین‌‌
  • By the analogical reasoning which the deaf man adopted a ten years' friendship was made vain.
  • خاصه ای خواجه قیاس حس دون ** اندر آن وحیی که هست از حد فزون‌‌
  • Especially, O master, (you must avoid) the analogy drawn by the low senses in regard to the Revelation which is illimitable.
  • گوش حس تو به حرف ار در خور است ** دان که گوش غیب گیر تو کر است‌‌ 3395
  • If your sensuous ear is fit for (understanding) the letter (of the Revelation), know that your ear that receives the occult (meaning) is deaf.
  • اول کسی که در مقابله‌‌ی نص قیاس آورد ابلیس بود
  • The first to bring analogical reasoning to bear against the Revealed Text was Iblís.
  • اول آن کس کاین قیاسکها نمود ** پیش انوار خدا ابلیس بود
  • The first person who produced these paltry analogies in the presence of the Lights of God was Iblís.
  • گفت نار از خاک بی‌‌شک بهتر است ** من ز نار و او ز خاک اکدر است‌‌
  • He said, “Beyond doubt fire is superior to earth: I am of fire, and he (Adam) is of dingy earth.
  • پس قیاس فرع بر اصلش کنیم ** او ز ظلمت ما ز نور روشنیم‌‌
  • Let us, then, judge by comparing the secondary with its principal: he is of darkness, I of radiant light.”
  • گفت حق نی بل که لا انساب شد ** زهد و تقوی فضل را محراب شد
  • God said, “Nay, but on the contrary there shall be no relationships : asceticism and piety shall be the (sole) avenue to pre-eminence.”
  • این نه میراث جهان فانی است ** که به انسابش بیابی جانی است‌‌ 3400
  • This is not the heritage of the fleeting world, so that thou shouldst gain it by ties of relationship: ’tis a spiritual (heritage).
  • بلکه این میراثهای انبیاست ** وارث این جانهای اتقیاست‌‌
  • Nay, these things are the heritage of the prophets; the inheritors of these are the spirits of the devout.
  • پور آن بو جهل شد مومن عیان ** پور آن نوح نبی از گمرهان‌‌
  • The son of Bú Jahl became a true believer for all to see; the son of the prophet Noah became one of those who lost the way.
  • زاده‌‌ی خاکی منور شد چو ماه ** زاده‌‌ی آتش تویی رو رو سیاه‌‌
  • “The child of earth (Adam) became illumined like the moon; thou art the child of fire: get thee gone with thy face black (in disgrace)!”
  • این قیاسات و تحری روز ابر ** یا به شب مر قبله را کرده ست حبر
  • The wise man has made (use of) such reasonings and investigation on a cloudy day or at night for the sake of (finding) the qibla;