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  • چون نفاذ امر شیخ آن میر دید ** ز آمد ماهی شدش و جدی پدید
  • When that Amír saw the Shaykh’s command take effect in the coming of the fish, he fell into an ecstasy.

  • گفت اه ماهی ز پیران آگه است ** شه تنی را کاو لعین درگه است‏
  • He said, “Ah, the fish know the Pírs. Fie on a person who is an outcast of the (holy) Court!

  • ماهیان از پیر آگه ما بعید ** ما شقی زین دولت و ایشان سعید
  • The fish have knowledge of the Pír, and we afar (from him)! We (are) damned to lack this fortune, and they blest (with enjoyment of it)!”

  • سجده کرد و رفت گریان و خراب ** گشت دیوانه ز عشق فتح باب‏
  • He bowed low, and departed weeping and desolate: he became mad for love of the opening of the door (to union with God).

  • پس تو ای ناشسته رو در چیستی ** در نزاع و در حسد با کیستی‏ 3340
  • Then, O you with unwashed face, what are you about? Whom are you combating and envying?

  • با دم شیری تو بازی می‏کنی ** بر ملایک ترک تازی می‏کنی‏
  • You are playing with a lion’s tail: you are making a foray against the angels.

  • بد چه می‏گویی تو خیر محض را ** هین ترفع کم شمر آن خفض را
  • Why are you speaking evil of pure good? Beware, deem not that lowness (vilifying the saints) to be eminence!

  • بد چه باشد مس محتاج مهان ** شیخ که بود کیمیای بی‏کران‏
  • What is evil? The needy, despicable copper. Who is the Shaykh? The infinite elixir.

  • مس اگر از کیمیا قابل نبد ** کیمیا از مس هرگز مس نشد
  • If the copper was incapable (of being transmuted) by the elixir, (yet) the elixir was never turned into copper by the copper.

  • بد چه باشد سرکشی آتش عمل ** شیخ که بود عین دریای ازل‏ 3345
  • What is evil? A rebel that works like fire. Who is the Shaykh? The very Seal of Eternity.

  • دایم آتش را بترسانند از آب ** آب کی ترسید هرگز ز التهاب‏
  • Fire is always terrified by water. When was water ever afraid of being set aflame?

  • در رخ مه عیب بینی می‏کنی ** در بهشتی خارچینی می‏کنی‏
  • You are observing defects on the face of the moon: you are picking thorns in a Paradise.

  • گر بهشت اندر روی تو خار جو ** هیچ خار آن جا نیابی غیر تو
  • Picker of thorns, if you go into Paradise, you will find there no thorn but yourself.

  • می‏بپوشی آفتابی در گلی ** رخنه می‏جویی ز بدر کاملی‏
  • You are covering a sun with a sod: you are seeking flaws in a perfect full-moon.

  • آفتابی که بتابد در جهان ** بهر خفاشی کجا گردد نهان‏ 3350
  • A sun which shines throughout the world––how shall it be hidden for the sake of a bat?

  • عیبها از رد پیران عیب شد ** غیبها از رشک ایشان غیب شد
  • Sins are made sinful by the disapproval of Pírs; mysteries are made mysterious by their jealousy.

  • باری از دوری ز خدمت یار باش ** در ندامت چابک و بر کار باش‏
  • If you are far (aloof in spirit from the saints), at any rate be joined (with them) through (paying) respect (to them): be alert and active in (showing) penitence,

  • تا از آن راهت نسیمی می‏رسد ** آب رحمت را چه بندی از حسد
  • (In the hope) that a breeze may be coming to you from that way (quarter). Why do you shut off the water of mercy by (your) enviousness?

  • گر چه دوری دور می‏جنبان تو دم ** حیث ما کنتم فولوا وجهکم‏
  • Though you are far aloof, at (that) distance wag your tail (ingratiate yourself with them): wherever ye be, turn your faces (thither).

  • چون خری در گل فتد از گام تیز ** دم‏به‏دم جنبد برای عزم خیز 3355
  • When an ass falls in mire through (going at) a rapid pace, he moves incessantly for the purpose of rising.

  • جای را هموار نکند بهر باش ** داند او که نیست آن جای معاش‏
  • He does not make the place smooth (and comfortable) to stay in: he knows that it is not the place where he should live.

  • حس تو از حس خر کمتر بده ست ** که دل تو زین وحلها بر نجست‏
  • Your sense has been less than the sense of the ass, for your heart has not recoiled from these clods of mud.

  • در وحل تاویل رخصت می‏کنی ** چون نمی‏خواهی کز آن دل بر کنی‏
  • You interpret (some canonical text) as an indulgence (authorising you to stay) in the mud, since you are not willing to tear your heart from it.

  • کاین روا باشد مرا من مضطرم ** حق نگیرد عاجزی را از کرم‏
  • (You say), “This is allowable for me: I am under compulsion. God in His kindness will not chastise a helpless one (like me).”

  • خود گرفته ستت تو چون کفتار کور ** این گرفتن را نبینی از غرور 3360
  • Indeed He has (already) chastised you, (but) like the blind hyena from self-deception you do not see the chastisement.