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1964-1973

  • That thou mayst be ennobled by Nún wa ’l-Qalam, and that the Gracious One may sow seed within thee.
  • تا مشرف گردی از نون والقلم  ** تا بکارد در تو تخم آن ذوالکرم 
  • Assume, indeed, that thou hast never licked (tasted) this pálúda (honeycake); assume that thou hast never seen the kitchen which thou hast seen, 1965
  • خود ازین پالوه نالیسیده گیر  ** مطبخی که دیده‌ای نادیده گیر 
  • Because from this pálúda intoxications arise, and the sheepskin jacket and the shoon depart from thy memory.
  • زانک ازین پالوده مستیها بود  ** پوستین و چارق از یادت رود 
  • When the death-agony comes, thou wilt utter a (great) cry of lamentation: in that hour thou wilt remember thy ragged cloak and clumsy shoon;
  • چون در آید نزع و مرگ آهی کنی  ** ذکر دلق و چارق آنگاهی کنی 
  • (But) until thou art drowning in the waves of an evil plight in which there is no help (to be obtained) from any refuge,
  • تا نمانی غرق موج زشتیی  ** که نباشد از پناهی پشتیی 
  • Thou wilt never call to mind the right ship (for thy voyage): thou wilt never look at thy shoon and sheepskin jacket.
  • یاد ناری از سفینه‌ی راستین  ** ننگری رد چارق و در پوستین 
  • When thou art left helpless in the overwhelming waters of destruction, then thou wilt incessantly make (the words) we have done wrong thy litany; 1970
  • چونک درمانی به غرقاب فنا  ** پس ظلمنا ورد سازی بر ولا 
  • (But) the Devil will say, “Look ye at this half-baked (fool)! Cut off the head of this untimely bird (this cock that crows too late)!”
  • دیو گوید بنگرید این خام را  ** سر برید این مرغ بی‌هنگام را 
  • Far from the wisdom of Ayáz is this characteristic, (namely), that his prayer should be uttered without (being a real) prayer.
  • دور این خصلت ز فرهنگ ایاز  ** که پدید آید نمازش بی‌نماز 
  • He has been the cock of Heaven from of old: all his crowings are (taking place) at their (proper) time.
  • او خروس آسمان بوده ز پیش  ** نعره‌های او همه در وقت خویش 
  • On the meaning of this (Tradition), “Show unto us the things as they are (in reality)”; and on the meaning of this (saying), “If the covering were lifted, my certainty would not be increased”; and on his (the poet's) verse: “When thou regardest any one with a malign eye, thou art regarding him from the hoop (narrow circle) of thy (self-)existence.” (Hemistich): “The crooked ladder casts a crooked shadow.”
  • در معنی این کی ارنا الاشیاء کما هی و معنی این کی لو کشف الغطاء ما از ددت یقینا و قوله در هر که تو از دیده‌ی بد می‌نگری از چنبره‌ی وجود خود می‌نگری پایه‌ی کژ کژ افکند سایه