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3520-3529

  • لوتش آورد و حکایت‌هاش گفت  ** کز امید اندر دلش صد گل شکفت  3520
  • He fetched viands for him and told him stories, so that from the (feeling of) hope (with which the bailiff inspired him) a hundred roses blossomed in his heart.

  • آنچ بعد العسر یسر او دیده بود  ** با غریب از قصه‌ی آن لب گشود 
  • He (the bailiff) opened his lips to relate the ease (prosperity) which he had experienced after difficulty (adversity).

  • نیم‌شب بگذشت و افسانه کنان  ** خوابشان انداخت تا مرعای جان 
  • Midnight passed, and (he was still) narrating: (then) sleep transported them to the meadow where the spirit feeds.

  • دید پامرد آن همایون خواجه را  ** اندر آن شب خواب بر صدر سرا 
  • On that night the bailiff dreamed that he saw the blessed Khwája (seated) on the high-seat in the (heavenly) palace.

  • خواجه گفت ای پای‌مرد با نمک  ** آنچ گفتی من شنیدم یک به یک 
  • The Khwája said, “O excellent bailiff, I have heard what you said, point by point,

  • لیک پاسخ دادنم فرمان نبود  ** بی‌اشارت لب نیارستم گشود  3525
  • But I was not commanded to answer, and I durst not open my lips without being directed.

  • ما چو واقف گشته‌ایم از چون و چند  ** مهر با لب‌های ما بنهاده‌اند 
  • Now that we have become acquainted with the conditions and degrees (of the spiritual world), a seal has been laid upon our lips,

  • تا نگردد رازهای غیب فاش  ** تا نگردد منهدم عیش و معاش 
  • Lest the mysteries of the Unseen should be divulged and (thereby) the life and livelihood (of mortals) be destroyed,

  • تا ندرد پرده‌ی غفلت تمام  ** تا نماند دیگ محنت نیم‌خام 
  • And lest the veil of forgetfulness should be entirely rent and (the meat in) the pot of tribulation be left half-raw.

  • ما همه گوشیم کر شد نقش گوش  ** ما همه نطقیم لیکن لب خموش 
  • We are all ear, (though) the (material) form of the ear has become deaf: we are all speech, but our lips are silent.