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بخش ۱۸ - در بیان آنکه شهوت که به وایه طبع و کام نفس گرفتاری است دون پایه دولت سلطنت و جهانداری است / Section 18 - In Explaining That Lust, Which Is Captivity to Natural Desires and the Gratification of the Carnal Soul, Is Below the Station of Sovereignty and World-Governance

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دل شه چون هوا پرست بود
ملک دین را ز وی شکست بود

دلش از شاهدان ساده عذار
در تمنای بوس و ذوق کنار

پاکی از خصم بر کنار نهد
بوسه بر تیغ آبدار دهد

قبله شاه شاهد ظفر است
کز همه شاهدان جمیل تر است

نخل بالاش رمح تیز گذار
بر صف صفداران کوه وقار

چشم شهلای او به سرمه سیاه
سرمه او غبار نعل سپاه

غمزه او سنان سینه شکاف
سینه پردلان روز مصاف

طلعتش آفتاب تیغ صیقل
غازیان را به روز فتح دلیل

هر که بر طلعتش گشاد نظر
بست دیده ز شاهدان دگر

الله الله که راست این شاهد
چه بلا دلرباست این شاهد

دل صد کس به خون بیالاید
تا یکی را جمال بنماید

English translation

When the king's heart is a worshiper of desire, The kingdom and faith will suffer defeat through him. If his heart, because of smooth-cheeked beloveds, Is in constant craving for kisses and the pleasure of embraces, He sets aside safety from the enemy And kisses the sharp, polished sword. The king's true focus is the beloved of Victory, For she is the most beautiful of all beloveds. Her tall stature is the sharp-penetrating spear Upon the ranks of mountain-like champions. Her dark eyes are adorned with black kohl; Her kohl is the dust raised by the army's horseshoes. Her seductive glance is the breast-piercing spearhead, Striking the chests of the brave on the day of battle. Her countenance is the sun of the polished sword, A guide for the warriors on the day of victory. Whoever opens their eyes to her countenance Closes their eyes to all other beloveds. By God! By God! Whose beloved is this? What a heart-ravishing calamity is this beloved! She stains the hearts of a hundred men with blood Before she reveals her beauty to a single one.

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