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1595-1604

  • Existence says, “Come, I am delectable,” and its corruption says, “Go, I am nothing.” 1595
  • کون می‌گوید بیا من خوش‌پیم ** وآن فسادش گفته رو من لا شی‌ام
  • O thou that bitest thy lip (in admiration) at the beauty of spring, look on the coldness and paleness of autumn.
  • ای ز خوبی بهاران لب گزان ** بنگر آن سردی و زردی خزان
  • In the daytime thou didst deem the countenance of the sun beauteous: remember its death in the moment of setting.
  • روز دیدی طلعت خورشید خوب ** مرگ او را یاد کن وقت غروب
  • Thou sawest the full-moon on this lovely firmament: observe also its anguish (caused by the loss of visibility) during the interlunar period.
  • بدر را دیدی برین خوش چار طاق ** حسرتش را هم ببین اندر محاق
  • A boy, on account of his beauty, became the lord of the people: after the morrow he became doting and exposed to the scorn of the people.
  • کودکی از حسن شد مولای خلق ** بعد فردا شد خرف رسوای خلق
  • If the body of those in the fresh bloom of youth has made thee a prey, after (it has come to) old age behold a body (bleached) like a cotton plantation. 1600
  • گر تن سیمین‌تنان کردت شکار ** بعد پیری بین تنی چون پنبه‌زار
  • O thou who hast seen rich viands, arise and see the residue thereof in the latrine.
  • ای بدیده لوتهای چرب خیز ** فضله‌ی آن را ببین در آب‌ریز
  • Say to the filth, “Where is that beauty of thine—the savour and goodliness and (sweet) scent (which thou hadst) in the dish?”
  • مر خبث را گو که آن خوبیت کو ** بر طبق آن ذوق و آن نغزی و بو
  • It replies, “That (beauty) was the bait: I was its trap: since thou hast fallen a prey (to it), the bait has become hidden.”
  • گوید او آن دانه بد من دام آن ** چون شدی تو صید شد دانه نهان
  • Many fingers that in handicraft (skill and dexterity) were the envy of master craftsmen have at last become trembling.
  • بس انامل رشک استادان شده ** در صناعت عاقبت لرزان شده