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1600-1609

  • 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
  • The soul-like intoxicating narcissus-eye (of the beloved)—see it dimmed at last and water trickling from it. 1605
  • نرگس چشم خمار هم‌چو جان ** آخر اعمش بین و آب از وی چکان
  • The lion (hero) who advances into the ranks of lions (valiant foes)—at last he is conquered by a mouse.
  • حیدری کاندر صف شیران رود ** آخر او مغلوب موشی می‌شود
  • The acute, far-seeing, artful genius—behold it at last imbecile as an old ass.
  • طبع تیز دوربین محترف ** چون خر پیرش ببین آخر خرف
  • The curly lock that sheds (a fragrance of) musk and takes away the reason—at last it is like the ugly white tail of a donkey.
  • زلف جعد مشکبار عقل‌بر ** آخرا چون دم زشت خنگ خر
  • Observe its (the World's) existence, (how) at first (it is) pleasing and joyous; and observe its shamefulness and corruption in the end;
  • خوش ببین کونش ز اول باگشاد ** وآخر آن رسواییش بین و فساد