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  • 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.

  • یا کرامی ارحموا اهل الهوی  ** شانهم ورد التوی بعد التوی 
  • O my generous friends, have pity on the votaries of passion: ’tis their business to go down to destruction after destruction.

  • عفو کن ای میر بر سختی او  ** در نگر در درد و بدبختی او 
  • (The people said), “O Amír, pardon his (the ascetic's) violence: consider his sorrow and ill-fortune,