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2452-2461

  • What knowledge have you of the close of his life that you should once (and for all) avert your face from him?
  • چه خبر داری ز ختم عمر او  ** تا بگردانی ازو یک‌باره رو 
  • Afterwards the Christian began to speak, saying, “The Messiah appeared to me in my dream.
  • بعد از ان ترسا در آمد در کلام  ** که مسیحم رو نمود اندر منام 
  • I went with him to the Fourth Heaven, (which is) the centre and abode of the sun of this world.
  • من شدم با او به چارم آسمان  ** مرکز و مثوای خورشید جهان 
  • Verily, the marvels of the citadels of Heaven have no relation (cannot be compared) to the wonders of the (lower) world. 2455
  • خود عجب‌های قلاع آسمان  ** نسبتش نبود به آیات جهان 
  • Every one knows, O pride of the sons (of Adam), that the artifice of the celestial sphere exceeds (that of) the earth.”
  • هر کسی دانند ای فخر البنین  ** که فزون باشد فن چرخ از زمین 
  • Story of the camel and the ox and the ram who found a bunch of grass on the road, and each said, “I will eat it.”
  • حکایت اشتر و گاو و قج که در راه بند گیاه یافتند هر یکی می‌گفت من خورم 
  • Whilst a camel, ox, and ram were going along, they found a bunch of grass in front of (them on) the road.
  • اشتر و گاو و قجی در پیش راه  ** یافتند اندر روش بندی گیاه 
  • The ram said, “If we divide this, certainly none of us will get his fill of it;
  • گفت قج بخش ار کنیم این را یقین  ** هیچ کس از ما نگردد سیر ازین 
  • But whichever of us has lived longest has the best right to this fodder: let him eat;
  • لیک عمر هرکه باشد بیشتر  ** این علف اوراست اولی گو بخور 
  • For (the injunction) to give the foremost place to the seniors has come from Mustafá (Mohammed) among the practices observed by him, 2460
  • که اکابر را مقدم داشتن  ** آمدست از مصطفی اندر سنن 
  • Although, at this time when vile men hold sway, the vulgar put forward the elders on two occasions (only),
  • گرچه پیران را درین دور لام  ** در دو موضع پیش می‌دارند عام