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2141-2150

  • Were it not for the trouble caused by a person unfamiliar (with my meaning), I would have spoken a few words concerning loyalty;
  • گر نبودی زحمت نامحرمی  ** چند حرفی از وفا واگفتمی 
  • (But) since a world (multitude of people) is seeking (to raise) doubt and difficulty, we will let the discourse run beyond the skin.
  • چون جهانی شبهت و اشکال‌جوست  ** حرف می‌رانیم ما بیرون پوست 
  • If you break your (material) self, you will become a kernel and will hear the tale of a goodly kernel.
  • گر تو خود را بشکنی مغزی شوی  ** داستان مغز نغزی بشنوی 
  • The voices of walnuts are in their skins (shells): where, indeed, is any voice in the kernel and the oil?
  • جوز را در پوستها آوازهاست  ** مغز و روغن را خود آوازی کجاست 
  • It (the kernel) has a voice, (but one that is) not suited to the (bodily) ear: its voice is hidden in the ear of ecstasy. 2145
  • دارد آوازی نه اندر خورد گوش  ** هست آوازش نهان در گوش نوش 
  • Were it not for the sweetness of a kernel's voice, who would listen to the rattling voice of a walnut-shell?
  • گرنه خوش‌آوازی مغزی بود  ** ژغژغ آواز قشری کی شنود 
  • You endure the rattling of it (only) in order that you may silently come into touch with a kernel.
  • ژغژغ آن زان تحمل می‌کنی  ** تا که خاموشانه بر مغزی زنی 
  • Be without lip and without ear for a while, and then, like the lip, be the companion of honey.
  • چند گاهی بی‌لب و بی‌گوش شو  ** وانگهان چون لب حریف نوش شو 
  • How long have you been uttering poetry and prose and (proclaiming) mysteries! O master, try the experiment and, for one day, be dumb!
  • چند گفتی نظم و نثر و راز فاش  ** خواجه یک روز امتحان کن گنگ باش 
  • Story in confirmation of the saying, “We have tried speech and talk all this time: (now) for a while let us. try self-restraint and silence.”
  • حکایت در تقریر این سخن کی چندین گاه گفت ذکر را آزمودیم مدتی صبر و خاموشی را بیازماییم 
  • How long have you been cooking (things) sour and acid and (like the fruit of) the white tamarisk? For this one time make an experiment and cook sweets. 2150
  • چند پختی تلخ و تیز و شورگز  ** این یکی بار امتحان شیرین بپز