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  • صبر و ایثار و سخای نفس و جود ** باد داده کان بود اکسیر سود
  • They have thrown to the winds patience and altruism and self-sacrifice and generosity—(qualities) which are the elixir of (spiritual) profit.

  • فکر آن باشد که بگشاید رهی ** راه آن باشد که پیش آید شهی‏
  • The (right) thought is that which opens a way: the (right) way is that on which a (spiritual) king advances.

  • شاه آن باشد که از خود شه بود ** نه به مخزنها و لشکر شه شود
  • The (true) king is he that goes into the presence of the King, and is not made king by treasuries and armies;

  • تا بماند شاهی او سرمدی ** همچو عز ملک دین احمدی‏
  • So that his kingship remains unto everlasting, like the glory of the empire of the Mohammedan Religion.

  • کرامات ابراهیم ادهم بر لب دریا
  • The miracles of Ibráhím son of Adham on the seashore.

  • هم ز ابراهیم ادهم آمده ست ** کاو ز راهی بر لب دریا نشست‏ 3210
  • Thus, it is related of Ibráhím son of Adham that after a journey he sat down (to rest) by the edge of the sea.

  • دلق خود می‏دوخت آن سلطان جان ** یک امیری آمد آن جا ناگهان‏
  • (Whilst) that spiritual king was stitching his mantle, an Amír suddenly came to that spot.

  • آن امیر از بندگان شیخ بود ** شیخ را بشناخت سجده کرد زود
  • That Amír had been one of the Shaykh's servants; he recognized the Shaykh and at once bowed low.

  • خیره شد در شیخ و اندر دلق او ** شکل دیگر گشته خلق و خلق او
  • He was astounded at the Shaykh and at his dervish garb— (for) his nature and outward guise had become transformed—

  • کاو رها کرد آن چنان ملک شگرف ** بر گزید آن فقر بس باریک حرف‏
  • (Marvelling) that he gave up such a grand kingdom, and chose that very pettifogging (spiritual) poverty;

  • ترک کرد او ملک هفت اقلیم را ** می‏زند بر دلق سوزن چون گدا 3215
  • (And why) he renounced the sovereignty of the Seven Climes, and plies the needle on his dervish-cloak, like a beggar.