For he has been transmuted, and whomsoever God hath seated in the abode of the heart, he( that person) is no more the body’s congener.
کو مبدل گشت و جنس تن نماند ** هر که را حق در مقام دل نشاند
All the (other) people are (rendered) infirm by (that which lies in) ambush (within them): ‘tis certain that infirmity associates with infirmity.
خلق جمله علتیاند از کمین ** یار علت میشود علت یقین
Every worthless fellow pretends to be (a) David; every one who lacks discernment lays hold of him (attaches himself to him):
هر خسی دعوی داودی کند ** هر که بی تمییز کف در وی زند
He hears the bird’s note from a fowler and, (like a) foolish bird, he keeps going in that direction.2565
از صیادی بشنود آواز طیر ** مرغ ابله میکند آن سوی سیر
‘He dos not distinguish fact from fiction: he is misguided. Come, flee from him, even if he is spiritual (in appearance).
نقد را از نقل نشناسد غویست ** هین ازو بگریز اگر چه معنویست
What has grown (genuinely) and what has been tied on (artificially) is (all) one to him: though he may claim (to possess) intuitive certainty, he is (really) in a (great) doubt.
رسته و بر بسته پیش او یکیست ** گر یقین دعوی کند او در شکیست
If such a one is absolutely keen-witted, (still), when he has not this (power of) discernment, he is a fool.
این چنین کس گر ذکی مطلقست ** چونش این تمییز نبود احمقست
Hark, flee from him as the deer from the lion: do not hasten boldly towards him, O wise man!
هین ازو بگریز چون آهو ز شیر ** سوی او مشتاق ای دانا دلیر
How Jesus, on whom be peace, fled to the top of a mountain (to escape) from the fools.
گریختن عیسی علیه السلام فراز کوه از احمقان
Jesus, son of Mary, was fleeing to a mountain: you would say that a lion wished to shed his blood.2570
عیسی مریم به کوهی میگریخت ** شیرگویی خون او میخواست ریخت
A certain man ran after him and said, “(Is it) well (with thee)? There is no one in pursuit of thee: why dost thou flee, like a bird?”
آن یکی در پی دوید و گفت خیر ** در پیت کس نیست چه گریزی چو طیر