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2354-2363

  • O you who have provided yourself with bow and arrows, the prey is near and you have shot far.
  • ای کمان و تیرها بر ساخته  ** صید نزدیک و تو دور انداخته 
  • The farther one shoots, the farther away and more separated is he from a treasure like this. 2355
  • هرکه دوراندازتر او دورتر  ** وز چنین گنجست او مهجورتر 
  • The philosopher killed (exhausted) himself with thinking: let him run on (in vain), for his back is turned towards the treasure.
  • فلسفی خود را از اندیشه بکشت  ** گو بدو کوراست سوی گنج پشت 
  • Let him run on: the more he runs, the more remote does he become from the object of his heart’s desire.
  • گو بدو چندانک افزون می‌دود  ** از مراد دل جداتر می‌شود 
  • That (Divine) King said, “(those who) have striven in (for) Us”: He did not say, “(those who) have striven away from Us,” O restless one,
  • جاهدوا فینا بگفت آن شهریار  ** جاهدوا عنا نگفت ای بی‌قرار 
  • As (was the case with) Canaan, who in disdain of Noah went up to the top of that great mountain.
  • هم‌چو کنعان کو ز ننگ نوح رفت  ** بر فراز قله‌ی آن کوه زفت 
  • The more he sought deliverance (by turning) towards the mountain, the more was he separated from the place of refuge, 2360
  • هرچه افزون‌تر همی‌جست او خلاص  ** سوی که می‌شد جداتر از مناص 
  • Like this dervish (who) for the sake of the treasure and the mine (of riches) sought (to thaw) the bow more strongly every morning,
  • هم‌چو این درویش بهر گنج و کان  ** هر صباحی سخت‌تر جستی کمان 
  • And the more strongly he gripped the bow each time, the worse luck he had in respect of (finding) the treasure and (hitting) the mark.
  • هر کمانی کو گرفتی سخت‌تر  ** بود از گنج و نشان بدبخت‌تر 
  • This parable is of vital import (to the soul) in the world: the soul of the ignorant is worthy of pain (deserves to suffer.)
  • این مثل اندر زمانه جانی است  ** جان نادانان به رنج ارزانی است