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145-154

  • کان نفس خواهد ز باران پاک‏تر ** وز فرشته در روش دراک‏تر 145
  • For it wants breath purer than rain and more piercing in action than the angels.
  • عمرها بایست تا دم پاک شد ** تا امین مخزن افلاک شد
  • (Many) lifetimes were needed that the breath might be purified, so that he (its owner) was entrusted with the treasury of the Heavens.
  • خود گرفتی این عصا در دست راست ** دست را دستان موسی از کجاست‏
  • (Suppose that) thou hast grasped this rod firmly in thy hand: whence will accrue to thy hand the cunning of Moses?”
  • گفت اگر من نیستم اسرار خوان ** هم تو بر خوان نام را بر استخوان‏
  • He said, “If I am not one to pronounce (such sacred) mysteries, do thou pronounce the Name over the bones.”
  • گفت عیسی یا رب این اسرار چیست ** میل این ابله در این بیگار چیست‏
  • Jesus cried, “O Lord, what are these hidden purposes (of Thine)? What is (the meaning of) this fool's inclination (to engage) in this fruitless work?
  • چون غم خود نیست این بیمار را ** چون غم جان نیست این مردار را 150
  • How has this sick man no care for himself? How has this corpse no care for (spiritual) life?
  • مرده‏ی خود را رها کرده ست او ** مرده‏ی بیگانه را جوید رفو
  • He has left (uncared for) his own dead (soul) and seeks to mend (revive) the dead (bones) of a stranger.”
  • گفت حق ادبارگر ادبار جوست ** خار روییده جزای کشت اوست‏
  • God (answered and) said, “The backslider seeks backsliding: the thistle that has grown (in him) is the retribution for (consequence of) his sowing.”
  • آن که تخم خار کارد در جهان ** هان و هان او را مجو در گلستان‏
  • He that sows the seed of thistles in the world, be warned not to look for him in the rose-garden.
  • گر گلی گیرد به کف خاری شود ** ور سوی یاری رود ماری شود
  • If he take a rose in his hand, it becomes a thistle; and if he go to a friend, he (the friend) becomes a snake.