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389-413

  • بوی شیر خشم دیدی باز گرد ** با مناجات و حذر انباز گرد
  • Thou hast smelt the lion of (God’s) wrath. Turn back! Consort with prayer and dread!

  • وا نگشتند آن گروه از گرد گرگ ** گرگ محنت بعد گرد آمد سترگ 390
  • That multitude (of Saba) did not turn back from the wolf’s dust, and after the dust the wolf of tribulation came on his might.

  • بر درید آن گوسفندان را بخشم ** که ز چوپان خرد بستند چشم
  • In wrath he tore to pieces those sheep which shut their eyes to the shepherd, Wisdom.

  • چند چوپانشان بخواند و نامدند ** خاک غم در چشم چوپان می‌زدند
  • How oft did the shepherd call them! And they came not: they were throwing the dust of resentment in the eyes of the shepherd,

  • که برو ما از تو خود چوپان‌تریم ** چون تبع گردیم هر یک سروریم
  • Saying, “Begone: we ourselves are better shepherds than thou. How should we become (thy) followers? We are chieftains, every one (of us).

  • طعمه‌ی گرگیم و آن یار نه ** هیزم ناریم و آن عار نه
  • We are food for the wolf, and we are not for the Friend; we are fuel for the Fire, and we are not for dishonour.”

  • حمیتی بد جاهلیت در دماغ ** بانگ شومی بر دمنشان کرد زاغ 395
  • A heathen pride was in their brains: the raven croaked disaster over the traces of their habitation.

  • بهر مظلومان همی‌کندند چاه ** در چه افتادند و می‌گفتند آه
  • They were digging a pit for the oppressed” they (themselves) fell into the pit, crying “Alas!”

  • پوستین یوسفان بکشافتند ** آنچ می‌کردند یک یک یافتند
  • They tore the coats of the Josephs (the prophets and saints), and that which they gave they got, piece by piece.

  • کیست آن یوسف دل حق‌جوی تو ** چون اسیری بسته اندر کوی تو
  • Who is that Joseph? Thy God-seeking heart, bound as a captive in thy abode.

  • جبرئیلی را بر استن بسته‌ای ** پر و بالش را به صد جا خسته‌ای
  • Thou hast bound a Gabriel on a pillar, thou hast wounded his wings and plumes in a hundred places.

  • پیش او گوساله بریان آوری ** گه کشی او را به کهدان آوری 400
  • Thou settest before him a roasted calf, thou fetchest (ground) straw and bringest him to the straw-barn,

  • که بخور اینست ما را لوت و پوت ** نیست او را جز لقاء الله قوت
  • Saying, “Eat; this is a dainty meal for us,” (although) for him there is no food but meeting God face to face.

  • زین شکنجه و امتحان آن مبتلا ** می‌کند از تو شکایت با خدا
  • On account of this torment and tribulation that afflicted (heart) is complaining of thee to God,

  • کای خدا افغان ازین گرگ کهن ** گویدش نک وقت آمد صبر کن
  • Crying, “O God, deliver (me) from this old wolf!” He (God) saith to it, “Lo, the hour is (wellnigh) come: have patience.

  • داد تو وا خواهم از هر بی‌خبر ** داد کی دهد جز خدای دادگر
  • I will demand justice for thee from every heedless one: who gives justice but God, the Dealer of justice?”

  • او همی‌گوید که صبرم شد فنا ** در فراق روی تو یا ربنا 405
  • It (the heart) says, “ My patience is lost in separation from Thy face, O Lord.

  • احمدم در مانده در دست یهود ** صالحم افتاده در حبس ثمود
  • I am (like) Ahmad ( Mohammad) left forsaken in the hands of the Jews, I am (like) Salih fallen into prison (amongst the people) of Thamud.

  • ای سعادت‌بخش جان انبیا ** یا بکش یا باز خوانم یا بیا
  • O Thou that bestowed felicity on the souls of the prophets, either slay me or call me back (to Thee) or come (Thyself).

  • با فراقت کافران را نیست تاب ** می‌گود یا لیتنی کنت تراب
  • (Even) the infidels cannot endure to be separated from Thee: he (every infidel) is saying, ‘O would that I had been dust!’

  • حال او اینست کو خود زان سوست ** چون بود بی تو کسی کان توست
  • This is the state of him (the infidel) who in sooth belongs to that side (is beyond the pale): how (then) should one that belongs to Thee be (patient) without Thee?”

  • حق همی‌گوید که آری ای نزه ** لیک بشنو صبر آر و صبر به 410
  • God saith, “Yea, O pure (heart); but hearken (unto Me) and have patience, for patience is better.

  • صبح نزدیکست خامش کم خروش ** من همی‌کوشم پی تو تو مکوش
  • The dawn is near. Hush, do not wail! I am striving for thee, do not thou strive.”

  • بقیه‌ی داستان رفتن خواجه به دعوت روستایی سوی ده
  • The rest of the Story of the Khwaja’s going to the village on the invitation of the countryman.

  • شد ز حد هین باز گرد ای یار گرد ** روستایی خواجه را بین خانه برد
  • It (this digression) has passed beyond bounds: return, O valiant friend. The countryman, mark you, took the Khwaja to his house.

  • قصه‌ی اهل سبا یک گوشه نه ** آن بگو کان خواجه چون آمد به ده
  • Put aside the story of the people of Saba: tell how the Khwaja came to the village.