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دفتر اول - بخش ۵۸ - منع کردن خرگوش از راز ایشان را / Book One - Section 58 - The Hare Forbidding Them from the Secret

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گفت هر رازی نشاید باز گفت
جفت طاق آید گهی گه طاق جفت

از صفا گر دم زنی با آینه
تیره گردد زود با ما آینه

در بیان این سه، کم جنبان لبت
از ذهاب و از ذهب، وز مذهبت

کین سه را خصمست بسیار و عدو
در کمینت ایستد چون داند او

ور بگویی با یکی دو الوداع
کل سر جاوز الاثنین شاع

گر دو سه پرنده را بندی بهم
بر زمین مانند محبوس از الم

مشورت دارند سرپوشیده خوب
در کنایت با غلط افکن مشوب

مشورت کردی پیمبر بسته سر
گفته ایشانش جواب و بی خبر

در مثالی بسته گفتی رای را
تا ندانند خصم از سر پای را

او جواب خویش بگرفتی ازو
وز سؤالش می نبردی غیر بو

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He said: Not every secret should be disclosed; sometimes the paired comes out single, and sometimes the single comes out paired. If, out of purity, you breathe upon a mirror, the mirror is quickly darkened by our breath. Move your lips little in speaking of these three: your departure, your gold, and your doctrine/sect. For these three have many opponents and enemies; once an enemy knows them, he lies in ambush for you. And if you tell one or two people, farewell: every secret that passes beyond two becomes public. If you bind two or three birds together, they remain on the ground, imprisoned by distress. They keep counsel well when it is covered, in allusion, mixed with misleading matter. The Prophet consulted in a veiled way; they gave him their answer while remaining unaware. He would state the matter in an example, so the enemy would not know the secret from head to foot. He would take his own answer from them, while from his question they carried away only a scent.

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