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  • Even now there exists (a) Solomon, but we are blinded by exulting in (our) farsightedness.
  • هم سلیمان هست اکنون لیک ما ** از نشاط دور بینی در عما
  • Far-sightedness keeps a man blind, just as one sleeping in a house is blind to the house.
  • دور بینی کور دارد مرد را ** همچو خفته در سرا کور از سرا
  • We are much addicted to subtle discussions, we are exceedingly fond of solving problems;
  • مولعیم اندر سخنهای دقیق ** در گرهها باز کردن ما عشیق‏
  • And to the end that we may tie knots and (then) undo them, (we are) making many rules for (posing and stating) the difficulty and for answering (the questions raised by it),
  • تا گره بندیم و بگشاییم ما ** در شکال و در جواب آیین فزا
  • Like a bird which should undo the fastenings of a snare, and tie (them together) at times, in order that it might become perfect in skill: 3735
  • همچو مرغی کاو گشاید بند دام ** گاه بندد تا شود در فن تمام‏
  • It is deprived of the open country and meadowland, its life is spent in dealing with knots;
  • او بود محروم از صحرا و مرج ** عمر او اندر گره کاری است خرج‏
  • And even (then) the snare is nowise subdued by it, but its wings are always getting broken.
  • خود زبون او نگردد هیچ دام ** لیک پرش در شکست افتد مدام‏
  • Do not struggle with knots, lest thy wings and feathers be snapped asunder one by one through this vain display (of effort) on thy part.
  • با گره کم کوش تا بال و پرت ** نگسلد یک یک از این کر و فرت‏
  • Myriads of birds have had their wings broken, and have not stopped that calamitous ambuscade (from doing its work).
  • صد هزاران مرغ پرهاشان شکست ** و آن کمین گاه عوارض را نبست‏
  • Read in the Qur’án (concerning) their state, O covetous one: —They explored (and wandered) in them (the lands of the earth); mark (the words), Was there any refuge? 3740
  • حال ایشان از نبی خوان ای حریص ** نقبوا فیها ببین هل من محیص‏
  • The difficulty over angúr and ‘inab was not solved by the contest between the Turk, the Greek, and the Arab.
  • از نزاع ترک و رومی و عرب ** حل نشد اشکال انگور و عنب‏
  • Until the spiritual Solomon, skilled in tongues, shall intervene, this duality will not disappear.
  • تا سلیمان لسین معنوی ** در نیاید بر نخیزد این دوی‏
  • O all ye wrangling birds, hearken, like the falcon, to this falcon-drum of the King.
  • جمله مرغان منازع بازوار ** بشنوید این طبل باز شهریار
  • Hark, from every quarter set out with joy, (flying away) from your diversity towards oneness.
  • ز اختلاف خویش سوی اتحاد ** هین ز هر جانب روان گردید شاد
  • Wheresoever ye be, turn your faces towards it: this is the thing which He hath not forbidden unto you (at any time). 3745
  • حیث ما کنتم فولوا وجهکم ** نحوه هذا الذی لم ینهکم‏
  • Blind birds are we and very inept, in that we have not once recognised that Solomon.
  • کور مرغانیم و بس ناساختیم ** کان سلیمان را دمی نشناختیم‏
  • Like the owls, we have become hostile to the falcons: consequently we are left behind (to dwell) in the place of ruin.
  • همچو جغدان دشمن بازان شدیم ** لاجرم وامانده‏ی ویران شدیم‏
  • Because of (our) extreme ignorance and blindness we are seeking to hurt those honoured of God.
  • می‏کنیم از غایت جهل و عما ** قصد آزار عزیزان خدا
  • How should the flock of birds which are enlightened by Solomon tear out the wings and plumes of the innocent?
  • جمع مرغان کز سلیمان روشنند ** پر و بال بی‏گنه کی بر کنند
  • Nay, they would bring grain to the helpless ones: gentle are those birds and without pugnacity or hatred. 3750
  • بلکه سوی عاجزان چینه کشند ** بی‏خلاف و کینه آن مرغان خوشند
  • Their hoopoe, for the sake of glorifying (Solomon), unfolds the way (towards Him) to a hundred like Bilqís.
  • هدهد ایشان پی تقدیس را ** می‏گشاید راه صد بلقیس را
  • Their crow, (even) if it was a crow in outward aspect, was (really) a falcon in aspiration and (one whose gaze) turned not aside.
  • زاغ ایشان گر به صورت زاغ بود ** باز همت آمد و ما زاغ بود
  • Their stork, which cries lak lak, casts upon doubt (and disbelief) the fire of the profession of Unity;
  • لکلک ایشان که لک لک می‏زند ** آتش توحید در شک می‏زند
  • And their dove is not scared by hawks: the hawk lays his head (in homage) before their dove.
  • و آن کبوترشان ز بازان نشکهد ** باز سر پیش کبوترشان نهد
  • Their nightingale, which throws thee into ecstasy, hath the rose-garden in its heart. 3755
  • بلبل ایشان که حالت آرد او ** در درون خویش گلشن دارد او