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  • باز خود را سرنگون از کوه او  ** می‌فکندی از غم و اندوه او 
  • (Then) again, from grief and sorrow, he would be on the point of throwing himself headlong from the mountain,

  • باز خود پیدا شدی آن جبرئیل  ** که مکن این ای تو شاه بی‌بدیل 
  • And once more Gabriel would appear in person, saying, “Do it not, O thou peerless (spiritual) king!”

  • هم‌چنین می‌بود تا کشف حجاب  ** تا بیابید آن گهر را او ز جیب  3540
  • Even thus he would continue until the veil was lifted, so that he gained the pearl (of his desire) from the bosom (of his inmost consciousness).

  • بهر هر محنت چو خود را می‌کشند  ** اصل محنتهاست این چونش کشند 
  • Since people kill themselves on account of any affliction, this (separation from God) is the root of (all) afflictions: how should they endure it?

  • از فدایی مردمان را حیرتیست  ** هر یکی از ما فدای سیرتیست 
  • Men are amazed at the Fidá’í, (but) every one of us is a Fidá’í in his behaviour.

  • ای خنک آنک فدا کردست تن  ** بهر آن کارزد فدای آن شدن 
  • Oh, blest is he that has sacrificed his body for the sake of that for which it is worth while to sacrifice one's self.

  • هر یکی چونک فدایی فنیست  ** کاندر آن ره صرف عمر و کشتنیست 
  • Inasmuch as every one is devoted to some calling wherein he spends his life and is killed—

  • کشتنی اندر غروبی یا شروق  ** که نه شایق ماند آنگه نه مشوق  3545
  • Is killed somewhere (either) in the West or in the East, at which time neither the desiring subject nor the desired object remains (in existence)—

  • باری این مقبل فدای این فنست  ** کاندرو صد زندگی در کشتنست 
  • After all, this fortunate man is devoted to the calling wherein a hundred lives are (gained) in being killed;

  • عاشق و معشوق و عشقش بر دوام  ** در دو عالم بهرمند و نیک‌نام 
  • Its lover and beloved and love are everlastingly prosperous and renowned in both worlds.