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  • هر یکی ترسان ز دزدی کسی ** خویشتن را علم پندارد بسی
  • Each (of them) is afraid of some one's stealing (his time): he fancies that he possesses a great deal of knowledge.
  • گوید او که روزگارم می‌برند ** خود ندارد روزگار سودمند 2645
  • He says, “They are wasting my time,” (but) in truth he has no time that is profitable.
  • گوید از کارم بر آوردند خلق ** غرق بی‌کاریست جانش تابه حلق
  • He says, “The people have taken me away from my work,” (but) his soul is plunged in idleness up to the throat.
  • عور ترسان که منم دامن کشان ** چون رهانم دامن از چنگالشان
  • (Like) the naked man (he) is frightened and says, “I am trailing a (long) skirt: how shall I save my skirt from their clutches?”
  • صد هزاران فضل داند از علوم ** جان خود را می‌نداند آن ظلوم
  • He knows a hundred thousand superfluous matters connected with the (various) sciences, (but) that unjust man does not know his own soul.
  • داند او خاصیت هر جوهری ** در بیان جوهر خود چون خری
  • He knows the special properties of every substance, (but) in elucidating his own substance (essence) he is (as ignorant) as an ass,
  • که همی‌دانم یجوز و لایجوز ** خود ندانی تو یجوزی یا عجوز 2650
  • Saying, “I know (what is) permissible and unpermissible.” Thou knowest not whether thou thyself art permissible or (unpermissible as) an old woman.
  • این روا و آن ناروا دانی ولیک ** تو روا یا ناروایی بین تو نیک
  • Thou knowest this licit (thing) and that illicit (thing), but art thou licit or illicit? Consider well!
  • قیمت هر کاله می‌دانی که چیست ** قیمت خود را ندانی احمقیست
  • Thou knowest what is the value of every article of merchandise; (if) thou knowest not the value of thyself, ’tis folly.
  • سعدها و نحسها دانسته‌ای ** ننگری سعدی تو یا ناشسته‌ای
  • Thou hast become acquainted with the fortunate and inauspicious stars; thou dost not look to see whether thou art fortunate or unwashed (spiritually foul and ill-favoured).
  • جان جمله علمها اینست این ** که بدانی من کیم در یوم دین
  • This, this, is the soul of all the sciences—that thou shouldst know who thou shalt be on the Day of Judgement.
  • آن اصول دین بدانستی ولیک ** بنگر اندر اصل خود گر هست نیک 2655
  • Thou art acquainted with the fundamentals (usúl) of the (Mohammedan) Religion, but look upon thine own fundamental (asl) and see whether it is good.
  • از اصولینت اصول خویش به ** که بدانی اصل خود ای مرد مه
  • Thine own fundamentals are better for thee than the two fundamentals (of the Mohammedan Religion), so that thou mayst know thine own fundamental (essential nature), O great man.
  • صفت خرمی شهر اهل سبا و ناشکری ایشان
  • Description of the luxuriance of the city of the Sabaeans and their ingratitude.
  • اصلشان بد بود آن اهل سبا ** می‌رمیدندی ز اسباب لقا
  • Their fundamental (nature) was bad: those inhabitants of Sabá were recoiling from the means (which lead) to meeting (with God);
  • دادشان چندان ضیاع و باغ و راغ ** از چپ و از راست از بهر فراغ
  • (Yet) He gave them so many estates and orchards and meadowlands, on the left hand and the right, for (their) leisure (pastime and diversion).
  • بس که می‌افتاد از پری ثمار ** تنگ می‌شد معبر ره بر گذار
  • Inasmuch as the fruit was falling (to the ground) from abundance, there was no room for any one to pass on the road,
  • آن نثار میوه ره را می‌گرفت ** از پری میوه ره‌رو در شگفت 2660
  • (For) the scattered largesse of fruit would block the way: the wayfarer (would be) in amazement at the plenty of the fruit.
  • سله بر سر در درختستانشان ** پر شدی ناخواست از میوه‌فشان
  • In their groves, through the dropping of the fruit, a basket on the head would be filled involuntarily.
  • باد آن میوه فشاندی نه کسی ** پر شدی زان میوه دامنها بسی
  • The breeze would scatter the fruit, not (the hand of) any one: by that fruit a multitude of skirts would be filled.
  • خوشه‌های زفت تا زیر آمده ** بر سر و روی رونده می‌زده
  • Huge clusters, having come low down, would strike against the head and face of the wayfarer.
  • مرد گلخن‌تاب از پری زر ** بسته بودی در میان زرین کمر
  • On account of the plenty of gold a bath-stoker might have tied a golden belt on his waist.
  • سگ کلیچه کوفتی در زیر پا ** تخمه بودی گرگ صحرا از نوا 2665
  • The dogs would trample buns underfoot; the desert wolf would have indigestion from the (rich) food.
  • گشته آمن شهر و ده از دزد و گرگ ** بز نترسیدی هم از گرگ سترگ
  • Town and village had become safe from robbers and wolves; the goat was not afraid even of the fierce wolf.
  • گر بگویم شرح نعمتهای قوم ** که زیادت می‌شد آن یوما بیوم
  • If I explain (all) the blessings bestowed upon the people (of Sabá), which were increasing day by day,
  • مانع آید از سخنهای مهم ** انبیا بردند امر فاستقم
  • It will hinder (me) from (speaking of) important matters. The prophets brought (to the Sabaeans) the (Divine) command, namely, “Do thou, therefore, be righteous.”
  • آمدن پیغامبران حق به نصیحت اهل سبا
  • How the prophets came from God to admonish the people of Sabá.