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151-160

  • He has left (uncared for) his own dead (soul) and seeks to mend (revive) the dead (bones) of a stranger.”
  • مرده‏ی خود را رها کرده ست او ** مرده‏ی بیگانه را جوید رفو
  • God (answered and) said, “The backslider seeks backsliding: the thistle that has grown (in him) is the retribution for (consequence of) his sowing.”
  • گفت حق ادبارگر ادبار جوست ** خار روییده جزای کشت اوست‏
  • He that sows the seed of thistles in the world, be warned not to look for him in the rose-garden.
  • آن که تخم خار کارد در جهان ** هان و هان او را مجو در گلستان‏
  • 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.
  • گر گلی گیرد به کف خاری شود ** ور سوی یاری رود ماری شود
  • The damned wretch is an elixir which transmutes into poison and snakes; (his elixir is) contrary to the elixir of the God-fearing man. 155
  • کیمیای زهر و مار است آن شقی ** بر خلاف کیمیای متقی‏
  • How the Súfí enjoined the servant to take care of his beast and how the servant said, “Lá hawl.”
  • اندرز کردن صوفی خادم را در تیمار داشت بهیمه و لاحول گفتن خادم
  • A Súfí was wandering round the world till one night he became a guest at a monastery (for Súfís).
  • صوفیی می‏گشت در دور افق ** تا شبی در خانقاهی شد قنق‏
  • He had a beast (ass): he tied it in the stable, (while) he (himself) sat at the top of the dais with his friends.
  • یک بهیمه داشت در آخر ببست ** او به صدر صفه با یاران نشست‏
  • Then he engaged with his friends in (mystical) meditation: the presence of a friend (of God) is (like) a book (which is open) before (one).
  • پس مراقب گشت با یاران خویش ** دفتری باشد حضور یار بیش‏
  • The Súfí's book is not (composed of) ink of letters (letters written with ink): it is naught but a heart white as snow.
  • دفتر صوفی سواد حرف نیست ** جز دل اسپید همچون برف نیست‏
  • The scholar's provision is (consists of) pen-marks (written letters and words). What is the Súfí's provision? Footmarks. 160
  • زاد دانشمند آثار قلم ** زاد صوفی چیست آثار قدم‏