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3740-3749

  • غافلان را کوههای برف دان ** تا نسوزد پرده‌های عاقلان 3740
  • Know that (in this world) the heedless are (like) snow-mountains, to the end that the veils of the intelligent may not be consumed.

  • گر نبودی عکس جهل برف‌باف ** سوختی از نار شوق آن کوه قاف
  • Were it not for the reflexion (effect) of snow-weaving (chilling) ignorance, that Mount Qáf would be consumed by the fire of longing.

  • آتش از قهر خدا خود ذره‌ایست ** بهر تهدید لیمان دره‌ایست
  • The Fire (of Hell) in sooth is (only) an atom of God's wrath; it is (only) a whip to threaten the base.

  • با چنین قهری که زفت و فایق است ** برد لطفش بین که بر وی سابق است
  • Notwithstanding such a wrath, which is mighty and surpassing all, observe that the coolness of His clemency is prior to it.

  • سبق بی‌چون و چگونه‌ی معنوی ** سابق و مسبوق دیدی بی‌دوی
  • (’Tis) a spiritual priority, unqualified and unconditioned. Have you seen the prior and the posterior without duality (have you seen them to be one)?

  • گر ندیدی آن بود از فهم پست ** که عقول خلق زان کان یک جوست 3745
  • If you have not seen them (as one), that is because of feeble understanding; for the minds of God's creatures are (but) a single grain of that mine.

  • عیب بر خود نه نه بر آیات دین ** کی رسد بر چرخ دین مرغ گلین
  • Lay the blame on yourself, not on the evidences of the (true) Religion: how should the bird of clay reach the sky of the (true) Religion?

  • مرغ را جولانگه عالی هواست ** زانک نشو او ز شهوت وز هواست
  • The bird's lofty soaring-place is (only) the air, since its origin is from lust and sensuality.

  • پس تو حیران باش بی‌لا و بلی ** تا ز رحمت پیشت آید محملی
  • Therefore be dumbfounded without nay or yea, in order that a litter may come from (the Divine) Mercy to carry you.

  • چون ز فهم این عجایب کودنی ** گر بلی گویی تکلف می‌کنی
  • Forasmuch as you are too dull to apprehend these wonders (of God), if you say “yea” you will be prevaricating;