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2266-2275

  • He is not strong: how should he make thee strong? He does not give light, (nay) he makes thee dark.
  • نیست چیره چون ترا چیره کند ** نور ندهد مر ترا تیره کند
  • Since he had no light (in himself), how in association (with him) should others obtain light from him?
  • چون و را نوری نبود اندر قران ** نور کی یابند از وی دیگران‌‌
  • (He is) like the half-blind healer of eyes: what should he put in (people's) eyes except jasper?
  • همچو اعمش کو کند داروی چشم ** چه کشد در چشمها الا که یشم‌‌
  • Such is our state in poverty and affliction: may no guest be beguiled by us!
  • حال ما این است در فقر و عنا ** هیچ مهمانی مبا مغرور ما
  • If thou hast never seen a ten years' famine in (visible) forms, open thine eyes and look at us. 2270
  • قحط ده سال ار ندیدی در صور ** چشمها بگشا و اندر ما نگر
  • Our outward appearance is like the inward reality of the impostor: darkness in his heart, his tongue flashy (plausible).
  • ظاهر ما چون درون مدعی ** در دلش ظلمت زبانش شعشعی‌‌
  • He has no scent or trace of God, (but) his pretension is greater than (that of) Seth and the Father of mankind (Adam).
  • از خدا بویی نه او را نی اثر ** دعویش افزون ز شیث و بو البشر
  • The Devil (is so ashamed of him that he) has not shown to him even his portrait, (yet) he (the impostor) is saying, ‘We are of the Abdál and are more (we are superior even to them).’
  • دیو ننموده و را هم نقش خویش ** او همی‌‌گوید ز ابدالیم و بیش‌‌
  • He has stolen many an expression used by dervishes, in order that he himself may be thought to be a (holy) personage.
  • حرف درویشان بدزدیده بسی ** تا گمان آید که هست او خود کسی‌‌
  • In his talk he cavils at Báyazíd, (although) Yazíd would be ashamed of his inward (thoughts and feelings). 2275
  • خرده گیرد در سخن بر بایزید ** ننگ دارد از درون او یزید