گفتیی سر مست در سبزه و گل است ** یا سواره بر براق و دلدل است
You would have said he was (standing) enraptured amongst herbs and flowers, or mounted on Buráq or Duldul;
یا که پایش بر حریر و حلههاست ** یا سموم او را به از باد صباست
Or that his feet were on silk and broidered cloths; or that to him the simoom was more pleasant than the zephyr.
پس بماندند آن جماعت با نیاز ** تا شود درویش فارغ از نماز3795
Then that company remained in need (unsatisfied) till the dervish should finish the (ritual) prayer.
چون ز استغراق باز آمد فقیر ** ز آن جماعت زندهای روشن ضمیر
When the dervish came back (to himself) from (his state of) absorption (in God), one of that company, a man (spiritually) alive and of enlightened mind,
دید کابش میچکید از دست و رو ** جامهاش تر بود از آثار وضو
Observed that water was trickling from his hands and face, (and that) his garment was wet with the traces of ablution;
پس بپرسیدش که آبت از کجاست ** دست را برداشت کز سوی شماست
So he asked him, “Whence hast thou water?” He lifted his hand, (indicating) that it came from heaven.
گفت هر گاهی که خواهی میرسد ** بیز جاه و بیز حبل من مسد
He (the pilgrim) said, “Does it come whenever thou wilt, without (any) well and without (any) rope of palm-fibre?
مشکل ما حل کن ای سلطان دین ** تا ببخشد حال تو ما را یقین3800
Solve our difficulty, O Sultan of the Religion, in order that thy (spiritual) experience may give us certain faith.
وانما سری ز اسرارت به ما ** تا ببریم از میان زنارها
Reveal to us one of thy mysteries, that we may cut from our waists the cords (of infidelity).”
چشم را بگشود سوی آسمان ** که اجابت کن دعای حاجیان
He (the ascetic) opened his eyes towards heaven, saying, “(O God), answer the prayer of the pilgrims!
رزق جویی را ز بالا خو گرم ** تو ز بالا بر گشودستی درم
I am accustomed to seeking daily bread from above: Thou hast opened to me the door from above,
ای نموده تو مکان از لامکان ** فی السماء رزقکم کرده عیان
O Thou who from non-spatiality hast brought space into view, and hast made manifest (the fact that) in heaven is your daily bread.”
در میان این مناجات ابر خوش ** زود پیدا شد چو پیل آب کش3805
In the midst of this orison a fair cloud suddenly appeared, like a water bearing elephant,
همچو آب از مشک باریدن گرفت ** در گو و در غارها مسکن گرفت
And began to pour down rain, like water from a water-skin: the rain-water settled in the ditch and in the hollows.
ابر میبارید چون مشک اشکها ** حاجیان جمله گشاده مشکها
The cloud kept raining tears, like a water-skin, and the pilgrims all opened their water-skins.
یک جماعت ز آن عجایب کارها ** میبریدند از میان زنارها
One party (among them), in consequence of those marvellous happenings, were cutting the cords (of unbelief) from their waists.
قوم دیگر را یقین در ازدیاد ** زین عجب و الله أعلم بالرشاد
The certainty (faith) of another group was on the increase because of this miracle—and God knows best how to guide aright.
قوم دیگر ناپذیرا ترش و خام ** ناقصان سرمدی تم الکلام3810
Another group (were) unreceptive, sour and unripe, eternally imperfect ones. (Here) ends the discourse.