کی بود بوبکر اندر سبزوار ** یا کلوخ خشک اندر جویبار
How should there be an Abú Bakr in Sabzawár, or a dry sod in the river?”
رو بتابید از زر و گفت ای مغان ** تا نیاریدم ابوبکر ارمغان 855
He averted his face from the gold and said, “O Magians (infidels), unless ye bring me an Abú Bakr as an offering,
هیچ سودی نیست کودک نیستم ** تا به زر و سیم حیران بیستم
’Tis of no avail. I am not a child that I should stand dumbfounded (fascinated) by gold and silver.”
تا نیاری سجده نرهی ای زبون ** گر بپیمایی تو مسجد را به کون
Unless thou prostrate thyself (in humble submission to God), thou wilt not escape (from punishment), O wretch, (even) if thou traverse the (whole) mosque on thy séant.
منهیان انگیختند از چپ و راست ** که اندرین ویرانه بوبکری کجاست
They (the inhabitants of Sabzawár) despatched emissaries, (to inquire) where in this desolate (corrupt) place an Abú Bakr was (to be found).
بعد سه روز و سه شب که اشتافتند ** یک ابوبکری نزاری یافتند
After three days and three nights, during which they made haste (in searching), they found an emaciated Abú Bakr.
ره گذر بود و بمانده از مرض ** در یکی گوشه‌ی خرابه پر حرض 860
He was a wayfarer and, on account of sickness, had remained in the corner of a ruin, in utter exhaustion.
خفته بود او در یکی کنجی خراب ** چون بدیدندش بگفتندش شتاب
He was lying in a ruined nook. When they espied him, they said to him hurriedly,
خیز که سلطان ترا طالب شدست ** کز تو خواهد شهر ما از قتل رست
“Arise! The Sultan has demanded thee: by thee our city will be saved from slaughter.”
گفت اگر پایم بدی یا مقدمی ** خود به راه خود به مقصد رفتمی
He replied, “If I had the foot (power to walk) or any (means of) arrival, I myself would have gone by my own road to my destination.
اندرین دشمن‌کده کی ماندمی ** سوی شهر دوستان می‌راندمی
How should I have remained in this abode of my enemies? I would have pushed on towards the city of my friends.”
تخته‌ی مرده‌کشان بفراشتند ** وان ابوبکر مرا برداشتند 865
They raised the corpse-bearers' board and lifted our Abú Bakr (upon it).
سوی خوارمشاه حمالان کشان ** می‌کشیدندش که تا بیند نشان
The carriers were taking him along to Khwárizmsháh, that he (the Sultan) might behold the token (which he desired).
سبزوارست این جهان و مرد حق ** اندرین جا ضایعست و ممتحق
Sabzawár is this world, and in this place the man of God is wasted and goodfor- naught.
Khwárizmsháh is God Almighty: He demands from this wicked folk the (pure) heart.
گفت لا ینظر الی تصویرکم ** فابتغوا ذا القلب فی‌تدبیر کم
He (the Prophet) said, “He (God) doth not regard your (outward) form: therefore in your devising seek ye the owner of the Heart.”
من ز صاحب‌دل کنم در تو نظر ** نه به نقش سجده و ایثار زر 870
(God says), “I regard thee through the owner of the Heart, not because of the (external) marks of prostration (in prayer) and the giving away of gold (in charities).”
تو دل خود را چو دل پنداشتی ** جست و جوی اهل دل بگذاشتی
Since thou hast deemed thy heart to be the Heart, thou hast abandoned the search after those who possess the Heart—
دل که گر هفصد چو این هفت آسمان ** اندرو آید شود یاوه و نهان
The Heart into which if seven hundred (heavens) like these Seven Heavens should enter, they would be lost and hidden (from view).
این چنین دل ریزه‌ها را دل مگو ** سبزوار اندر ابوبکری بجو
Do not call such fragments of heart as these “the Heart”: do not seek an Abú Bakr in Sabzawár!
صاحب دل آینه‌ی شش‌رو شود ** حق ازو در شش جهت ناظر بود
The owner of the Heart becomes a six-faced mirror: through him God looks upon (all) the six directions.
هر که اندر شش جهت دارد مقر ** نکندش بی‌واسطه‌ی او حق نظر 875
Whosoever hath his dwelling-place in (the world of) six directions God doth not look upon him except through the mediation of him (the owner of the Heart).
گر کند رد از برای او کند ** ور قبول آرد همو باشد سند
If He (God) reject (any one), He does it for his sake; and if He accept (any one), he likewise is the authority.
بی‌ازو ندهد کسی را حق نوال ** شمه‌ای گفتم من از صاحب‌وصال
Without him God does not bestow bounty on any one. I have told (only) one sample of (the sublimity of) the possessor of union (with God).
موهبت را بر کف دستش نهد ** وز کفش آن را به مرحومان دهد
He (God) lays His gift on the palm of his hand, and from his palm dispenses it to those who are the objects of His mercy.