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دفتر پنجم - بخش ۱۲۰ - سبب دانستن ضمیرهای خلق / Book Five - Section 120 - The Reason for Knowing the Minds of Created Beings

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چون دل آن آب زینها خالیست
عکس روها از برون در آب جست

پس ترا باطن مصفا ناشده
خانه پر از دیو و نسناس و دده

ای خری ز استیزه مانده در خری
کی ز ارواح مسیحی بو بری

کی شناسی گر خیالی سر کند
کز کدامین مکمنی سر بر کند

چون خیالی می شود در زهد تن
تا خیالات از درونه روفتن

English translation

Since the heart of that water is free from these, The reflection of faces from without leaped into the water. Therefore, while your inner self is not purified, The house is full of demons, monsters, and wild beasts. O you who out of obstinacy have remained in your donkey-like state, How will you ever catch a scent of the spirits of Christ? How will you recognize, if an illusion raises its head, From which hiding-place it has emerged? For in the asceticism of the body, it is but an illusion, Until the illusions are swept clean from within.

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