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2467-2476

  • (When) the ass heard of the colour and scent of the meadow, all arguments (in favour of trust in God) disgusted him.
  • رنگ و بوی سبزه‌زار آن خر شنید  ** جمله حجتها ز طبع او رمید 
  • The thirsty man wanted rain, and there was no cloud; the fleshly soul was ravenously hungry, and there was no self-restraint.
  • تشنه محتاج مطر شد وابر نه  ** نفس را جوع البقر بد صبر نه 
  • Self-restraint is an iron shield, O father: upon the shield (of self-restraint) God hath written (the words), “Victory will come.”
  • اسپر آهن بود صبر ای پدر  ** حق نبشته بر سپر جاء الظفر 
  • The imitator brings forward a hundred proofs in his exposition, (but) he speaks (gives) them from ratiocination, not from immediate experience. 2470
  • صد دلیل آرد مقلد در بیان  ** از قیاسی گوید آن را نه از عیان 
  • He is tinctured with musk, but he is not musk: he has the scent of musk, but he is only dung.
  • مشک‌آلودست الا مشک نیست  ** بوی مشکستش ولی جز پشک نیست 
  • In order that a piece of dung may become musk, O disciple, one must browse for years in that (spiritual) garden.
  • تا که پشکی مشک گردد ای مرید  ** سالها باید در آن روضه چرید 
  • One must not eat straw and barley, like asses: browse on arghawán, like the musk-deer in Khutan.
  • که نباید خورد و جو هم‌چون خران  ** آهوانه در ختن چر ارغوان 
  • Do not browse on aught but clove, jasmine, or roses: go to the plain of Khutan in company with those (saintly) personages.
  • جز قرنفل یا سمن یا گل مچر  ** رو به صحرای ختن با آن نفر 
  • Accustom your belly to the sweet basil and the rose, that you may gain the wisdom and (spiritual) food of the prophets. 2475
  • معده را خو کن بدان ریحان و گل  ** تا بیابی حکمت و قوت رسل 
  • Break your belly of its habit of (eating) this straw and barley: begin to eat the sweet basil and the rose.
  • خوی معده زین که و جو باز کن  ** خوردن ریحان و گل آغاز کن