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  • وآنک او را زخم اندر سینه زد ** سینه‌اش بشکافت و شد مرده‌ی ابد
  • And whoever inflicted a blow on his breast, his (own) breast was riven, and he became dead for ever;

  • وآنک آگه بود از آن صاحب‌قران ** دل ندادش که زند زخم گران
  • And he that was acquainted with that (spiritual) emperor of high fortune, (and) his heart (courage) did not consent to strike a heavy blow,

  • نیم‌دانش دست او را بسته کرد ** جان ببرد الا که خود را خسته کرد
  • Half-knowledge tied his hand, (so that) he saved his life and only wounded himself.

  • روز گشت و آن مریدان کاسته ** نوحه‌ها از خانه‌شان برخاسته
  • Day broke, and the disciples were thinned: wails of lamentation arose from their house.

  • پیش او آمد هزاران مرد و زن ** کای دو عالم درج در یک پیرهن 2135
  • Thousands of men and women came to him (Báyazíd), saying, “O thou in whose single shirt the two worlds are contained,

  • این تن تو گر تن مردم بدی ** چون تن مردم ز خنجر گم شدی
  • If this body of thine were a human body, it would have been destroyed, like a human body, by the daggers.”

  • با خودی با بی‌خودی دوچار زد ** با خود اندر دیده‌ی خود خار زد
  • A self-existent one encountered a selfless one in combat: the self-existent one drove a thorn into his own eye (hurt himself).

  • ای زده بر بی‌خودان تو ذوالفقار ** بر تن خود می‌زنی آن هوش دار
  • O you who stab the selfless ones with the sword, you are stabbing your own body with it. Beware!

  • زانک بی‌خود فانی است و آمنست ** تا ابد در آمنی او ساکنست
  • For the selfless one has passed away (in God) and is safe: he is dwelling in safety for ever.

  • نقش او فانی و او شد آینه ** غیر نقش روی غیر آن جای نه 2140
  • His form has passed away and he has become a mirror: naught is there but the form (image) of the face of another.

  • گر کنی تف سوی روی خود کنی ** ور زنی بر آینه بر خود زنی
  • If you spit (at it), you spit at your own face; and if you strike at the mirror, you strike at yourself;

  • ور ببینی روی زشت آن هم توی ** ور ببینی عیسی و مریم توی
  • And if you see an ugly face (in that mirror), ’tis you; and if you see Jesus and Mary, ’tis you.

  • او نه اینست و نه آن او ساده است ** نقش تو در پیش تو بنهاده است
  • He is neither this nor that: he is simple (pure and free from attributes of self): he has placed your image before you.

  • چون رسید اینجا سخن لب در ببست ** چون رسید اینجا قلم درهم شکست
  • When the discourse reached this point, it closed its lips; when the pen reached this point, it broke to pieces.

  • لب ببند ار چه فصاحت دست داد ** دم مزن والله اعلم بالرشاد 2145
  • Close thy lips (O my soul): though eloquence is at thy command, do not breathe a word—and God best knoweth the right way.

  • برکنار بامی ای مست مدام ** پست بنشین یا فرود آ والسلام
  • O you who are drunken with the wine (of love), you are on the edge of the roof: sit down or (else) descend, and peace be with you!

  • هر زمانی که شدی تو کامران ** آن دم خوش را کنار بام دان
  • Every moment when you enjoy (union with the Beloved), deem that delightful moment to be the edge of the roof.

  • بر زمان خوش هراسان باش تو ** هم‌چو گنجش خفیه کن نه فاش تو
  • Be trembling for (fear of losing) the delightful moment: conceal it like a treasure, do not divulge it.

  • تا نیاید بر ولا ناگه بلا ** ترس ترسان رو در آن مکمن هلا
  • Lest calamity suddenly befall (your) plighted love, take heed, go very fearfully into that place of ambush.

  • ترس جان در وقت شادی از زوال ** زان کنار بام غیبست ارتحال 2150
  • The spirit's fear of loss at the moment of enjoyment is (the sign of its) departure (descent) from the hidden roof-edge.

  • گر نمی‌بینی کنار بام راز ** روح می‌بیند که هستش اهتزاز
  • If you do not see the mysterious roof-edge, (yet) the spirit is seeing, for it is shuddering (with fear).

  • هر نکالی ناگهان کان آمدست ** بر کنار کنگره‌ی شادی بدست
  • Every sudden chastisement that has come to pass has taken place on the edge of the turret of enjoyment.

  • جز کنار بام خود نبود سقوط ** اعتبار از قوم نوح و قوم لوط
  • Indeed there is no fall except (on) the edge of the roof: (take) warning from (the fate of) the people of Noah and the people of Lot.

  • بیان سبب فصاحت و بسیارگویی آن فضول به خدمت رسول علیه‌السلام
  • Explaining the cause of the eloquence and loquacity of that impertinent man in the presence of the Prophet, on whom be peace.

  • پرتو مستی بی‌حد نبی ** چون بزد هم مست و خوش گشت آن غبی
  • When the ray (reflexion) of the Prophet's boundless intoxication struck (the objector), that stupid fellow also became drunken and merry.

  • لاجرم بسیارگو شد از نشاط ** مست ادب بگذاشت آمد در خباط 2155
  • Of course, in consequence of (drunken) glee he became loquacious: the intoxicated man neglected (to observe) respect and began to rave.