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1565-1614

  • Go into a corner, open the letter, read (it), see whether its‘ words are suitable to kings. 1565
  • گوشه‌ای رو نامه را بگشا بخوان ** بین که حرفش هست در خورد شهان
  • If it be not suitable, tear it in pieces and write another letter and remedy (the fault).
  • گر نباشد درخور آن را پاره کن ** نامه‌ی دیگر نویس و چاره کن
  • But do not think it is easy to open the letter which is the body; otherwise every one would plainly see the secret of the heart.
  • لیک فتح نامه‌ی تن زپ مدان ** ورنه هر کس سر دل دیدی عیان
  • How hard and difficult is it to open the letter! ‘Tis a task for men, not for children playing at knuckle
  • نامه بگشادن چه دشوارست و صعب ** کار مردانست نه طفلان کعب
  • We have all become satisfied with (reading) the table of contents, because we are steeped in cupidity and vain desire.
  • جمله بر فهرست قانع گشته‌ایم ** زانک در حرص و هوا آغشته‌ایم
  • The table of contents is a snare for the vulgar, that they may think the text of the scroll is like that (table). 1570
  • باشد آن فهرست دامی عامه را ** تا چنان دانند متن نامه را
  • Open the title-page, do not turn your neck aside from these words—and God best knoweth the right course.
  • باز کن سرنامه را گردن متاب ** زین سخن والله اعلم بالصواب
  • That title is like a declaration made by the tongue: examine the text of the scroll, namely, the bosom (your inward self),
  • هست آن عنوان چو اقرار زبان ** متن نامه‌ی سینه را کن امتحان
  • (And see) whether it is in agreement with your declaration, in order that your actions may not be hypocritical.
  • که موافق هست با اقرار تو ** تا منافق‌وار نبود کار تو
  • When you are carrying a very heavy sack, you must not fail to look into it,
  • چون جوالی بس گرانی می‌بری ** زان نباید کم که در وی بنگری
  • (To see) what of sour and sweet you have in the sack. If it is worth bringing along, bring it; 1575
  • که چه داری در جوال از تلخ و خوش ** گر همی ارزد کشیدن را بکش
  • Otherwise, empty your sack of the stones (in it), and redeem yourself from this fruitless toil and disgrace.
  • ورنه خالی کن جوالت را ز سنگ ** باز خر خود را ازین بیگار و ننگ
  • Put in the sack that (only) which must be brought to righteous sultans and kings.
  • در جوال آن کن که می‌باید کشید ** سوی سلطانان و شاهان رشید
  • Story of the divine with a big turban and the man who carried it off, and how he (the divine) shouted, “Undo it and see what you are taking: then take it (if you wish)!”
  • حکایت آن فقیه با دستار بزرگ و آنک بربود دستارش و بانگ می‌زد کی باز کن ببین کی چه می‌بری آنگه ببر
  • A certain divine had collected some old rags and wound them in his turban,
  • یک فقیهی ژنده‌ها در چیده بود ** در عمامه‌ی خویش در پیچیده بود
  • In order that it might become big and look grand when he came into the assembly in the Hatím.
  • تا شود زفت و نماید آن عظیم ** چون در آید سوی محفل در حطیم
  • He had clipped the rags from (various) garments and outwardly embellished the turban with them. 1580
  • ژنده‌ها از جامه‌ها پیراسته ** ظاهرا دستار از آن آراسته
  • The exterior of the turban was like a robe of Paradise, (but) it was shameful and ugly within, like the hypocrite.
  • ظاهر دستار چون حله‌ی بهشت ** چون منافق اندرون رسوا و زشت
  • Shreds of dalq (dervish-cloak) and cotton and fur were buried inside that turban.
  • پاره پاره دلق و پنبه و پوستین ** در درون آن عمامه بد دفین
  • He had set his face towards the college at dawn, that by means of this false dignity he might gain (material) blessings.
  • روی سوی مدرسه کرده صبوح ** تا بدین ناموس یابد او فتوح
  • A clothes-robber stood waiting on the dark road to practise his craft.
  • در ره تاریک مردی جامه کن ** منتظر استاده بود از بهر فن
  • He snatched the turban from his head, and then started to run in order that he might settle the business. 1585
  • در ربود او از سرش دستار را ** پس دوان شد تا بسازد کار را
  • Thereupon the divine shouted at him, saying, “O son, undo the turban (first), then take it (away with you).
  • پس فقیهش بانگ برزد کای پسر ** باز کن دستار را آنگه ببر
  • Even as you are flying with four wings (very rapidly), (with the same speed) undo the gift which you are taking away.
  • این چنین که چار پره می‌پری ** باز کن آن هدیه را که می‌بری
  • Undo it and rub (feel) with your hand, then take it if you like: I sanction (that).”
  • باز کن آن را به دست خود بمال ** آنگهان خواهی ببر کردم حلال
  • When he who was fleeing undid it, a hundred thousand rags dropped on the road.
  • چونک بازش کرد آنک می‌گریخت ** صد هزاران ژنده اندر ره بریخت
  • Of that big improper turban of his there remained in his (the robber's) hand (only) an ell of old cloth. 1590
  • زان عمامه‌ی زفت نابایست او ** ماند یک گز کهنه‌ای در دست او
  • He dashed the rag on the ground, saying, “O worthless man, by this fraud you have put me out of business (deprived me of profit).”
  • بر زمین زد خرقه را کای بی‌عیار ** زین دغل ما را بر آوردی ز کار
  • The World's mute admonition to worldlings, and how it displays its faithlessness to those who have hope of its keeping faith (with them).
  • نصیحت دنیا اهل دنیا را به زبان حال و بی‌وفایی خود را نمودن به وفا طمع دارندگان ازو
  • He (the divine) said, “I defrauded (you), but (at the same time) I declared to you the (truth of the) matter by way of admonition.”
  • گفت بنمودم دغل لیکن ترا ** از نصیحت باز گفتم ماجرا
  • Likewise the World, though it blossomed delightfully (made a fair show), at the same time uttered a (warning) cry and declared its faithlessness.
  • هم‌چنین دنیا اگر چه خوش شکفت ** بانگ زد هم بی‌وفایی خویش گفت
  • In this (realm of) existence and corruption, O master, existence is the fraud and that corruption is the admonition.
  • اندرین کون و فساد ای اوستاد ** آن دغل کون و نصیحت آن فساد
  • Existence says, “Come, I am delectable,” and its corruption says, “Go, I am nothing.” 1595
  • کون می‌گوید بیا من خوش‌پیم ** وآن فسادش گفته رو من لا شی‌ام
  • O thou that bitest thy lip (in admiration) at the beauty of spring, look on the coldness and paleness of autumn.
  • ای ز خوبی بهاران لب گزان ** بنگر آن سردی و زردی خزان
  • In the daytime thou didst deem the countenance of the sun beauteous: remember its death in the moment of setting.
  • روز دیدی طلعت خورشید خوب ** مرگ او را یاد کن وقت غروب
  • Thou sawest the full-moon on this lovely firmament: observe also its anguish (caused by the loss of visibility) during the interlunar period.
  • بدر را دیدی برین خوش چار طاق ** حسرتش را هم ببین اندر محاق
  • A boy, on account of his beauty, became the lord of the people: after the morrow he became doting and exposed to the scorn of the people.
  • کودکی از حسن شد مولای خلق ** بعد فردا شد خرف رسوای خلق
  • If the body of those in the fresh bloom of youth has made thee a prey, after (it has come to) old age behold a body (bleached) like a cotton plantation. 1600
  • گر تن سیمین‌تنان کردت شکار ** بعد پیری بین تنی چون پنبه‌زار
  • O thou who hast seen rich viands, arise and see the residue thereof in the latrine.
  • ای بدیده لوتهای چرب خیز ** فضله‌ی آن را ببین در آب‌ریز
  • Say to the filth, “Where is that beauty of thine—the savour and goodliness and (sweet) scent (which thou hadst) in the dish?”
  • مر خبث را گو که آن خوبیت کو ** بر طبق آن ذوق و آن نغزی و بو
  • It replies, “That (beauty) was the bait: I was its trap: since thou hast fallen a prey (to it), the bait has become hidden.”
  • گوید او آن دانه بد من دام آن ** چون شدی تو صید شد دانه نهان
  • Many fingers that in handicraft (skill and dexterity) were the envy of master craftsmen have at last become trembling.
  • بس انامل رشک استادان شده ** در صناعت عاقبت لرزان شده
  • The soul-like intoxicating narcissus-eye (of the beloved)—see it dimmed at last and water trickling from it. 1605
  • نرگس چشم خمار هم‌چو جان ** آخر اعمش بین و آب از وی چکان
  • The lion (hero) who advances into the ranks of lions (valiant foes)—at last he is conquered by a mouse.
  • حیدری کاندر صف شیران رود ** آخر او مغلوب موشی می‌شود
  • The acute, far-seeing, artful genius—behold it at last imbecile as an old ass.
  • طبع تیز دوربین محترف ** چون خر پیرش ببین آخر خرف
  • The curly lock that sheds (a fragrance of) musk and takes away the reason—at last it is like the ugly white tail of a donkey.
  • زلف جعد مشکبار عقل‌بر ** آخرا چون دم زشت خنگ خر
  • Observe its (the World's) existence, (how) at first (it is) pleasing and joyous; and observe its shamefulness and corruption in the end;
  • خوش ببین کونش ز اول باگشاد ** وآخر آن رسواییش بین و فساد
  • For it showed the snare plainly: it plucked out the fool's moustache in thy presence. 1610
  • زانک او بنمود پیدا دام را ** پیش تو بر کند سبلت خام را
  • Do not say, then, “The World deceived me by its imposture; otherwise, my reason would have fled from its snare.”
  • پس مگو دنیا به تزویرم فریفت ** ورنه عقل من ز دامش می‌گریخت
  • Come now, see (how) the golden collar and shoulder-belt have become a shackle and gyve and chain.
  • طوق زرین و حمایل بین هله ** غل و زنجیری شدست و سلسله
  • Reckon every particle of the World (to be) like this: bring its beginning and its end into consideration.
  • همچنین هر جزو عالم می‌شمر ** اول و آخر در آرش در نظر
  • The more any one regards the end (ákhir) the more blessed he is; the more any one regards the stable (ákhur) the more banned he is.
  • هر که آخربین‌تر او مسعودتر ** هر که آخربین‌تر او مطرودتر