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  • Thou hast seen this life (to be implicit) in (previous) deaths: how, (then), art thou (so) attached to the life of the body?
  • در فناها این بقاها دیده‌ای  ** بر بقای جسم چون چفسیده‌ای 
  • Come, O crow, give up this (animal) soul! Be a falcon, be self-sacrificing in the presence of the Divine transmutation.
  • هین بده ای زاغ این جان باز باش  ** پیش تبدیل خدا جانباز باش 
  • Take the new and surrender the old, for every “this year” of thine is superior to three “last years.”
  • تازه می‌گیر و کهن را می‌سپار  ** که هر امسالت فزونست از سه پار 
  • If thou wilt not be lavish (of thyself) like the date-palm, (then) pile old rags on old rags and make a heap, 810
  • گر نباشی نخل‌وار ایثار کن  ** کهنه بر کهنه نه و انبار کن 
  • And offer the stinking and rotten old rags to every blind man.
  • کهنه و گندیده و پوسیده را  ** تحفه می‌بر بهر هر نادیده را 
  • He that hath seen the new is not thy customer: he is God's prey, he is not thy captive.
  • آنک نو دید او خریدار تو نیست  ** صید حقست او گرفتار تو نیست 
  • (But) wherever is a flock of blind birds, they will gather around thee, O brackish flood-water,
  • هر کجا باشند جوق مرغ کور  ** بر تو جمع آیند ای سیلاب شور 
  • That (their) blindness may be increased by (thy) brackish waters; for brackish water increases blindness.
  • تا فزاید کوری از شورابها  ** زانک آب شور افزاید عمی 
  • Hence the worldly are blind of heart: they are drinkers of the brackish water of clay. 815
  • اهل دنیا زان سبب اعمی‌دل‌اند  ** شارب شورابه‌ی آب و گل‌اند 
  • Continue to give brackish water and buy (the favour of) the blind in the world, since thou hast not the Water of Life within thee.
  • شور می‌ده کور می‌خر در جهان  ** چون نداری آب حیوان در نهان 
  • In such a (despicable) state (as has been described) thou wouldst fain live and be remembered: in blackness of face (shame and opprobrium), like a negro, thou art rejoicing.
  • با چنین حالت بقا خواهی و یاد  ** هم‌چو زنگی در سیه‌رویی تو شاد 
  • The negro in (his) blackness is pleased (with himself), for he has (always) been a negro by birth and nature;
  • در سیاهی زنگی زان آسوده است  ** کو ز زاد و اصل زنگی بوده است 
  • (But) he that (even) for a day is beloved and beautiful, if he become black, will seek to repair (the misfortune).
  • آنک روزی شاهد و خوش‌رو بود  ** گر سیه‌گردد تدارک‌جو بود 
  • When the bird that can fly remains (helpless) on the earth, it is in anguish and grief and lamentation; 820
  • مرغ پرنده چو ماند در زمین  ** باشد اندر غصه و درد و حنین 
  • (But) the domestic fowl walks complacently on the earth: it runs about picking grain and happy and bold,
  • مرغ خانه بر زمین خوش می‌رود  ** دانه‌چین و شاد و شاطر می‌دود 
  • Because by nature it was (always) without (the power of) flight, while the other (bird) was (naturally) a flier and open-winged.
  • زآنک او از اصل بی‌پرواز بود  ** وآن دگر پرنده و پرواز بود 
  • The Prophet, on whom be peace, said, “Pity three (classes of men): the mighty man of a people who is abased, and the rich man of a people who is impoverished, and a learned man whom the ignorant make sport of.”
  • قال النبی علیه‌السلام ارحموا ثلاثا عزیز قوم ذل و غنی قوم افتقر و عالما یلعب به الجهال 
  • The Prophet said, “Take pity on the soul of him who was rich and then became poor,
  • گفت پیغامبر که رحم آرید بر  ** جان من کان غنیا فافتقر 
  • And on him who was mighty and became despised, or on one (who is) virtuous and learned (dwelling) amongst the (people of) Mudar.”
  • والذی کان عزیزا فاحتقر  ** او صفیا عالما بین المضر 
  • The Prophet said, “Show pity to these three classes (of men), (even) if ye are of (the hardness of) rock and mountain: 825
  • گفت پیغامبر که با این سه گروه  ** رحم آرید ار ز سنگید و ز کوه 
  • (Namely), him who was made lowly after having been a chief, and the rich man, too, who became impecunious,
  • آنک او بعد از رئیسی خوار شد  ** وآن توانگر هم که بی‌دینار شد 
  • And, thirdly, the learned man who in this world becomes afflicted (by living amongst) the foolish;
  • وآن سوم آن عالمی که اندر جهان  ** مبتلی گردد میان ابلهان 
  • For to come (fall) from high to low estate is like the amputation of a limb from the body.”
  • زانک از عزت به خواری آمدن  ** هم‌چو قطع عضو باشد از بدن 
  • The limb that is cut off from the body becomes dead: (when) newly cut off, it moves, but not for long.
  • عضو گردد مرده کز تن وا برید  ** نو بریده جنبد اما نی مدید 
  • (Similarly) he who drank of the cup of Alast last year, this year he suffers the pain and headache (in consequence of having drunk), 830
  • هر که از جام الست او خورد پار  ** هستش امسال آفت رنج و خمار 
  • While he who, like a dog, is by nature attached to the kennel —how should he have the desire for (spiritual) sovereignty?
  • وآنک چون سگ ز اصل کهدانی بود  ** کی مرورا حرص سلطانی بود