سرکه را گر گرم کردی ز آتش آن ** چون خوری سردی فزاید بیگمان3695
If you have made vinegar hot by means of fire, (still) when you drink it, it will undoubtedly increase the coldness (of your constitution),
ز انکه آن گرمی او دهلیزی است ** طبع اصلش سردی است و تیزی است
Because that (artificially produced) heat of it is exotic: its fundamental nature is coldness and tartness.
ور بود یخ بسته دوشاب ای پسر ** چون خوری گرمی فزاید در جگر
And (on the other hand), though grape-syrup be frozen, my son, it will add heat to the liver when you drink it.
پس ریای شیخ به ز اخلاص ماست ** کز بصیرت باشد آن وین از عماست
Hence the Shaykh's hypocrisy is better than our sincerity, for the former arises from (spiritual) insight, while the latter arises from (spiritual) blindness.
از حدیث شیخ جمعیت رسد ** تفرقه آرد دم اهل حسد
From the Shaykh's discourse comes union (concord); the words of the corporealists (materialists) bring separation (discord).
چون سلیمان کز سوی حضرت بتاخت ** کاو زبان جمله مرغان را شناخت3700
As (for example) Solomon, who sped (on his prophetic mission) from God, and who knew the language of all birds—
در زمان عدلش آهو با پلنگ ** انس بگرفت و برون آمد ز جنگ
In the time of his just sway the deer made friends with the leopard and ceased from war.
شد کبوتر ایمن از چنگال باز ** گوسفند از گرگ ناورد احتراز
The dove became secure from the talons of the hawk, the sheep took no precaution against the wolf.
او میانجی شد میان دشمنان ** اتحادی شد میان پر زنان
He (Solomon) became an arbitrator between enemies: he became a (means of establishing) oneness between the creatures that fly with wings.
تو چو موری بهر دانه میدوی ** هین سلیمان جو چه میباشی غوی
Thou art running after grain, like an ant. Hark! seek for Solomon! Why art thou still astray?
دانه جو را دانهاش دامی شود ** و آن سلیمان جوی را هر دو بود3705
To the seeker of grain his grain becomes a snare, but the seeker of Solomon may have both (Solomon and the grain).
مرغ جانها را در این آخر زمان ** نیستشان از همدگر یک دم امان
In these latter days the soul-birds have no security from each other for a moment;
هم سلیمان هست اندر دور ما ** کاو دهد صلح و نماند جور ما
(Yet) even in our epoch there is a Solomon who would give (us) peace and not suffer our injustice to continue.
قول إن من أمة را یاد گیر ** تا به إلا و خلا فیها نذیر
Call to mind (the text), There is no people down to (the words) but in the past a warner dwelt among them.
گفت خود خالی نبوده ست امتی ** از خلیفهی حق و صاحب همتی
God said that verily there has never been a people devoid of a vicar of God and a man of spiritual power;
مرغ جانها را چنان یکدل کند ** کز صفاشان بیغش و بیغل کند3710
And he makes the soul-birds so unanimous that, in respect of sincerity, he purges them of (all) guile and rancour.
مشفقان گردند همچون والده ** مسلمون را گفت نفس واحده
They become (as) kind as a mother: he (Mohammed) said of the Moslems, “(They are as) one soul.”
نفس واحد از رسول حق شدند ** ور نه هر یک دشمن مطلق بدند
(’Twas) through the Messenger of Allah they became one soul; else, they were absolute enemies, every one (to the other).
برخاستن مخالفت و عداوت از میان انصار به برکات رسول صلی الله علیه و آله
How dissension and enmity amongst the Ansár were removed by the blessings of the Prophet—may God bless and save him!
دو قبیله کاوس و خزرج نام داشت ** یک ز دیگر جان خون آشام داشت
The two tribes which were named Aws and Khazraj had a blood-thirsty spirit towards each other.
کینههای کهنهشان از مصطفی ** محو شد در نور اسلام و صفا
Through (the preaching of) Mustafá (Mohammed) their ancient feuds vanished in the light of Islam and of pureness (of heart).
اولا اخوان شدند آن دشمنان ** همچو اعداد عنب در بوستان3715
First, those enemies became brethren like the units of (a bunch of) grapes in the garden;
و ز دم المؤمنون إخوة به پند ** در شکستند و تن واحد شدند
And (then) at the admonition given in the words, The true believers are brethren, they dissolved (and mingled) and became one body.
صورت انگورها اخوان بود ** چون فشردی شیرهی واحد شود
The appearance of the (clustered) grapes is (that of) brethren: when you squeeze them they become one juice.
غوره و انگور ضدانند لیک ** چون که غوره پخته شد شد یار نیک
The immature and the full-grown grape are opponents, but when the immature grape has ripened, it becomes a good friend.
غورهای کاو سنگ بست و خام ماند ** در ازل حق کافر اصلیش خواند
The immature grape that has remained stone-hard and crude —God in eternity has called it an original unbeliever.
نه اخی نه نفس واحد باشد او ** در شقاوت نحس ملحد باشد او3720
He (such a one) is neither a brother nor one (in) soul (with the faithful Moslems): he is an ill-starred heretic in (the state of) damnation.
گر بگویم آن چه او دارد نهان ** فتنهی افهام خیزد در جهان
If I should tell that which he keeps hidden (in his heart), there would arise in the world a sore temptation of (men's) minds.
سر گبر کور نامذکور به ** دود دوزخ از ارم مهجور به
’Tis better that the secret of the blind infidel should be untold: ’tis better that the smoke of Hell should be banished from Iram.
غورههای نیک کایشان قابلاند ** از دم اهل دل آخر یک دلاند
The good immature grapes, which are capable (of ripening), are at last (made) one in heart by the breath of the masters of heart (the saints).
سوی انگوری همیرانند تیز ** تا دویی برخیزد و کین و ستیز
They push on rapidly to grapehood (maturity), so that duality and hatred and strife depart (from them).
پس در انگوری همیدرند پوست ** تا یکی گردند و وحدت وصف اوست3725
Then in grapehood they rend their skins till they become one: unity is the (proper) attribute of him (who is one with others).
دوست دشمن گردد ایرا هم دو است ** هیچ یک با خویش جنگی در نبست
A friend becomes a foe because he is still two: no one (ever) engaged in a battle with himself.
آفرین بر عشق کل اوستاد ** صد هزاران ذره را داد اتحاد
Blessings on the universal love of the Master, (which) gave oneness to hundreds of thousands of motes!
همچو خاک مفترق در رهگذر ** یک سبوشان کرد دست کوزهگر
(They were) as dust scattered on the thoroughfare: the hand of the Potter made them one jug.
که اتحاد جسمهای آب و طین ** هست ناقص جان نمیماند بدین
(But the simile fails as applied to souls), for the oneness of bodies (formed) of water and clay is imperfect: the (oneness of) soul is not like this.
گر نظایر گویم اینجا در مثال ** فهم را ترسم که آرد اختلال3730
If I should here utter similitudes in comparison (illustration), I fear it might disorder (perplex) the understanding.
هم سلیمان هست اکنون لیک ما ** از نشاط دور بینی در عما
Even now there exists (a) Solomon, but we are blinded by exulting in (our) farsightedness.
دور بینی کور دارد مرد را ** همچو خفته در سرا کور از سرا
Far-sightedness keeps a man blind, just as one sleeping in a house is blind to the house.
مولعیم اندر سخنهای دقیق ** در گرهها باز کردن ما عشیق
We are much addicted to subtle discussions, we are exceedingly fond of solving problems;
تا گره بندیم و بگشاییم ما ** در شکال و در جواب آیین فزا
And to the end that we may tie knots and (then) undo them, (we are) making many rules for (posing and stating) the difficulty and for answering (the questions raised by it),
همچو مرغی کاو گشاید بند دام ** گاه بندد تا شود در فن تمام3735
Like a bird which should undo the fastenings of a snare, and tie (them together) at times, in order that it might become perfect in skill:
او بود محروم از صحرا و مرج ** عمر او اندر گره کاری است خرج
It is deprived of the open country and meadowland, its life is spent in dealing with knots;
خود زبون او نگردد هیچ دام ** لیک پرش در شکست افتد مدام
And even (then) the snare is nowise subdued by it, but its wings are always getting broken.
با گره کم کوش تا بال و پرت ** نگسلد یک یک از این کر و فرت
Do not struggle with knots, lest thy wings and feathers be snapped asunder one by one through this vain display (of effort) on thy part.