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1086-1110

  • آن غذای خاصگان دولت است ** خوردن آن بی‏گلو و آلت است‏
  • That is the food of the chosen ones of the (Divine) sovereignty; the eating thereof is (done) without throat or instrument.

  • شد غذای آفتاب از نور عرش ** مر حسود و دیو را از دود فرش‏
  • The food of the (spiritual) sun is (derived) from the light of the (celestial) Throne; (the food that belongs) to the envious and devilish is (derived) from the smoke of the (terrestrial) carpet.

  • در شهیدان یرزقون فرمود حق ** آن غذا را نه دهان بد نه طبق‏
  • God said concerning the martyrs, they are (alive with their Lord) receiving sustenance. For that food there was neither mouth nor dish.

  • دل ز هر یاری غذایی می‏خورد ** دل ز هر علمی صفایی می‏برد
  • The heart is eating a (particular) food from every single companion; the heart is getting a (particular) excellence from every single (piece of) knowledge.

  • صورت هر آدمی چون کاسه‏ای است ** چشم از معنی او حساسه‏ای است‏ 1090
  • Every human being's (outer) form is like a cup; (only) the (spiritual) eye is a percipient of his (or her) reality.

  • از لقای هر کسی چیزی خوری ** و ز قران هر قرین چیزی بری‏
  • You eat (receive) something from meeting with any one, and you carry away something from conjunction with any associate.

  • چون ستاره با ستاره شد قرین ** لایق هر دو اثر زاید یقین‏
  • When planet comes into conjunction with planet, the effect appropriate to them both is assuredly produced,

  • چون قران مرد و زن زاید بشر ** وز قران سنگ و آهن شد شرر
  • As (for example) the conjunction of man and woman brings to birth the human being, and (as) sparks arise from the conjunction of stone and iron;

  • و ز قران خاک با بارانها ** میوه‏ها و سبزه و ریحانها
  • And (as) from the conjunction of earth with rains (there are produced) fruits and greenery and sweet herbs;

  • و ز قران سبزه‏ها با آدمی ** دل خوشی و بی‏غمی و خرمی‏ 1095
  • And (as) from the conjunction of green things (plants and verdant spots) with man (there is produced) joy of heart and carelessness and happiness;

  • وز قران خرمی با جان ما ** می‏بزاید خوبی و احسان ما
  • And (as) from the conjunction of happiness with our souls are born our goodness and beneficence.

  • قابل خوردن شود اجسام ما ** چون بر آید از تفرج کام ما
  • Our bodies become capable of eating and drinking when our desire for recreation (in the open air) is satisfied.

  • سرخ رویی از قران خون بود ** خون ز خورشید خوش گلگون بود
  • Redness of countenance is (derived) from the conjunction of blood (with the face); blood is (derived) from the beautiful rose-coloured sun.

  • بهترین رنگها سرخی بود ** و آن ز خورشید است و از وی می‏رسد
  • Redness is the best of (all) colours, and that is (born) of the sun and is arriving (to us) from it.

  • هر زمینی کان قرین شد با زحل ** شوره گشت و کشت را نبود محل‏ 1100
  • Every land that has been conjoined with Saturn has become nitrous and is not the place for sowing.

  • قوت اندر فعل آید ز اتفاق ** چون قران دیو با اهل نفاق‏
  • Through concurrence power comes into action, as (in the case of) the conjunction of the Devil with hypocrites.

  • این معانی راست از چرخ نهم ** بی‏همه طاق و طرم طاق و طرم‏
  • These spiritual truths without (possessing) any (worldly) pomp and grandeur, have pomp and grandeur from the Ninth Heaven.

  • خلق را طاق و طرم عاریت است ** امر را طاق و طرم ماهیت است‏
  • The pomp and grandeur belonging to (the world of) creation is a borrowed (adventitious) thing; the pomp and grandeur belonging to the (world of) Command is an essential thing.

  • از پی طاق و طرم خواری کشند ** بر امید عز در خواری خوشند
  • For the sake of (earthly) pomp and grandeur they endure abasement; in the hope of glory they are happy in (their) abasement.

  • بر امید عز ده روزه‏ی خدوک ** گردن خود کرده‏اند از غم چو دوک‏ 1105
  • In the hope of a ten days' (transient) glory (full) of annoyance, they have made their necks, from anxiety, (thin) as a spindle.

  • چون نمی‏آیند اینجا که منم ** کاندر این عز آفتاب روشنم‏
  • How do not they come to this place where I am?—for in this (spiritual) glory I am the shining Sun.

  • مشرق خورشید برج قیرگون ** آفتاب ما ز مشرقها برون‏
  • The rising-place of the sun is the pitch-coloured tower (of heaven), (but) my Sun is beyond (all) rising-places.

  • مشرق او نسبت ذرات او ** نه بر آمد نه فرو شد ذات او
  • His “rising-place” (is only) in relation to His motes: His essence neither rose nor set.

  • ما که واپس ماند ذرات وی‏ایم ** در دو عالم آفتابی بی‏فی‏ایم‏
  • I who am left behind (surpassed in eminence) by His motes am (nevertheless) in both worlds a sun without shadow.

  • باز گرد شمس می‏گردم عجب ** هم ز فر شمس باشد این سبب‏ 1110
  • Still, I am revolving round the Sun—’tis wonderful; the cause of this is the majesty of the Sun.