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2342-2351

  • Since the ecstasies (spiritual experiences) of the people are (only) his leavings. Keep this (in mind), if your heart desires the (spiritual) prey.
  • زانک وجد حلق باقی خورد اوست  ** این نگه دار ار دل تو صیدجوست 
  • He is like the reason, and the people are like the members of the body: the management of the body depends on the reason.
  • او چو عقل و خلق چون اعضا و تن  ** بسته‌ی عقلست تدبیر بدن 
  • The weakness of the Qutb is bodily, not spiritual: the weakness lies in the Ship (Ark), not in Noah.
  • ضعف قطب از تن بود از روح نی  ** ضعف در کشتی بود در نوح نی 
  • The Qutb is he who turns round himself, (while) round him is the revolution of the celestial spheres. 2345
  • قطب آن باشد که گرد خود تند  ** گردش افلاک گرد او بود 
  • Lend some assistance in repairing his (bodily) ship, if you have become his favourite slave and devoted servant.
  • یاریی ده در مرمه‌ی کشتی‌اش  ** گر غلام خاص و بنده گشتی‌اش 
  • Your assistance is (really) advantageous to you, not to him: God hath said, “If ye help God, ye will be helped.”
  • یاریت در تو فزاید نه اندرو  ** گفت حق ان تنصروا الله تنصروا 
  • Hunt like the fox and sacrifice your prey to him (the Qutb), that you may gain in return a thousand preys and more.
  • هم‌چو روبه صید گیر و کن فداش  ** تا عوض گیری هزاران صید بیش 
  • The prey caught by the (obedient) disciple is (presented alive) after the manner of the fox, (but) the froward hyena catches prey (that is already) dead.
  • روبهانه باشد آن صید مرید  ** مرده گیرد صید کفتار مرید 
  • If you present the dead (prey) to him (the Qutb), it will become living: filth (when placed) in the orchard will produce (fruit). 2350
  • مرده پیش او کشی زنده شود  ** چرک در پالیز روینده شود 
  • The fox said to the lion, “I will serve thee (obediently): I will contrive expedients and rob him (the ass) of his wits.
  • گفت روبه شیر را خدمت کنم  ** حیله‌ها سازم ز عقلش بر کنم