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  • گر بگویم آن چه او دارد نهان ** فتنه‏ی افهام خیزد در جهان‏
  • If I should tell that which he keeps hidden (in his heart), there would arise in the world a sore temptation of (men's) minds.
  • سر گبر کور نامذکور به ** دود دوزخ از ارم مهجور به‏
  • ’Tis better that the secret of the blind infidel should be untold: ’tis better that the smoke of Hell should be banished from Iram.
  • غوره‏های نیک کایشان قابل‏اند ** از دم اهل دل آخر یک دل‏اند
  • The good immature grapes, which are capable (of ripening), are at last (made) one in heart by the breath of the masters of heart (the saints).
  • سوی انگوری همی‏رانند تیز ** تا دویی برخیزد و کین و ستیز
  • They push on rapidly to grapehood (maturity), so that duality and hatred and strife depart (from them).
  • پس در انگوری همی‏درند پوست ** تا یکی گردند و وحدت وصف اوست‏ 3725
  • Then in grapehood they rend their skins till they become one: unity is the (proper) attribute of him (who is one with others).
  • دوست دشمن گردد ایرا هم دو است ** هیچ یک با خویش جنگی در نبست‏
  • A friend becomes a foe because he is still two: no one (ever) engaged in a battle with himself.
  • آفرین بر عشق کل اوستاد ** صد هزاران ذره را داد اتحاد
  • Blessings on the universal love of the Master, (which) gave oneness to hundreds of thousands of motes!
  • همچو خاک مفترق در رهگذر ** یک سبوشان کرد دست کوزه‏گر
  • (They were) as dust scattered on the thoroughfare: the hand of the Potter made them one jug.
  • که اتحاد جسمهای آب و طین ** هست ناقص جان نمی‏ماند بدین‏
  • (But the simile fails as applied to souls), for the oneness of bodies (formed) of water and clay is imperfect: the (oneness of) soul is not like this.
  • گر نظایر گویم اینجا در مثال ** فهم را ترسم که آرد اختلال‏ 3730
  • If I should here utter similitudes in comparison (illustration), I fear it might disorder (perplex) the understanding.