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1962-1971

  • آن فلانی فوق آن سرکش نشست ** گر چه در صورت به پهلویش نشست‏
  • Such and such a person is (really) seated above that one who lifts up his head so haughtily, though in appearance he is seated beside him.
  • فوقی آن جاست از روی شرف ** جای دور از صدر باشد مستخف‏
  • The superiority of that (person's) place is in respect of (his spiritual) nobility; the place (that is) far from the (spiritual) seat of honour is held in slight regard.
  • سنگ و آهن زین جهت که سابق است ** در عمل فوقی این دو لایق است‏
  • Forasmuch as the stone and iron are prior in action, the superiority of these twain is proper;
  • و آن شرر از روی مقصودی خویش ** ز آهن و سنگ است زین رو پیش و بیش‏ 1965
  • But those sparks, in respect of their being the final cause, are from this point of view far in front of (superior to) the iron and stone.
  • سنگ و آهن اول و پایان شرر ** لیک این هر دو تنند و جان شرر
  • The stone and iron are first, and the sparks last; but these twain are the body, and the sparks are the soul.
  • آن شرر گر در زمان واپس‏تر است ** در صفت از سنگ و آهن برتر است‏
  • If those sparks are posterior in time, (yet) in quality they are higher than the stone and iron.
  • در زمان شاخ از ثمر سابق‏تر است ** در هنر از شاخ او فایق‏تر است‏
  • The bough is prior to the fruit in time, (but) it (the fruit) is superior to the bough in excellence.
  • چون که مقصود از شجر آمد ثمر ** پس ثمر اول بود و آخر شجر
  • Since the fruit is the final cause of the tree, it follows that the fruit is (really) first, the tree last.
  • خرس چون فریاد کرد از اژدها ** شیر مردی کرد از جنگش جدا 1970
  • When the bear cried out for help against the dragon, a valiant man removed it from the (dragon's) claws.
  • حیلت و مردی بهم دادند پشت ** اژدها را او بدین قوت بکشت‏
  • Cunning and courage gave support to each other: by this strength he slew the dragon.