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1303-1352

  • آن تو زفتت که آن نهصدتوست ** قلزمست وغرقه گاه صد توست
  • Thy mighty “Thou,” which is nine hundredfold, is the ocean and the drowning-place of a hundred “thou's.”

  • خود چه جای حد بیداریست و خواب ** دم مزن والله اعلم بالصواب
  • Indeed, what occasion (is there) for the terms wakefulness and sleep? Do not speak, for God knoweth best what is right.

  • دم مزن تا بشنوی از دم ز نان ** آنچ نامد در زبان و در بیان 1305
  • Do not speak, so that thou mayst hear from the Speakers that which came not into utterance or into explanation.

  • دم مزن تا بشنوی زان آفتاب ** آنچ نامد درکتاب و در خطاب
  • Do not speak, so that thou mayst hear from the Sun that which came not into book or into allocution.

  • دم مزن تا دم زند بهر تو روح ** آشنا بگذار در کشتی نوح
  • Do not speak, so that the Spirit may speak for thee: in the ark of Noah leave off swimming!

  • همچو کنعان کشنا می‌کرد او ** که نخواهم کشتی نوح عدو
  • (Be not) like Canaan, who was swimming and saying, “I do not want the ark of Noah, (who is) my enemy.”

  • هی بیا در کشتی بابا نشین ** تا نگردی غرق طوفان ای مهین
  • (Noah said), “Hey, come and sit in thy father's ark, that thou mayst not be drowned in the Flood, O despicable one!”

  • گفت نه من آشنا آموختم ** من بجز شمع تو شمع افروختم 1310
  • He answered, “Nay, I have learned to swim: I have lighted a candle other than thy candle.”

  • هین مکن کین موج طوفان بلاست ** دست و پا و آشنا امروز لاست
  • (Noah said), “Beware! Do it not, for these waves are the Flood of tribulation; to-day hand and foot and swimming are naught.

  • باد قهرست و بلای شمع کش ** جز که شمع حق نمی‌پاید خمش
  • ’Tis the wind of vengeance and the woe that extinguishes the candle (of contrivance). No candle but God's is enduring. Be silent!”

  • گفت نه رفتم برآن کوه بلند ** عاصمست آن که مرا از هر گزند
  • He said, “Nay, I will go up that high mountain: that mountain will protect me from every hurt.”

  • هین مکن که کوه کاهست این زمان ** جز حبیب خویش را ندهد امان
  • (Noah said), “Beware! Do it not, for at this time the mountain is (but) a straw. He giveth safety to none except His beloved.”

  • گفت من کی پند تو بشنوده‌ام ** که طمع کردی که من زین دوده‌ام 1315
  • He answered, “When have I listened to thy advice, that thou shouldst hope (as thou didst) that I am of this family?

  • خوش نیامد گفت تو هرگز مرا ** من بری‌ام از تو در هر دو سرا
  • Thy words were never pleasing to me: I am quit of thee in both worlds.”

  • هین مکن بابا که روز ناز نیست ** مر خدا را خویش وانباز نیست
  • (Noah said), “Beware, bábá, do it not, for (this) is not the day for disdain. God hath no kinship or partner.

  • تا کنون کردی واین دم نازکیست ** اندرین درگاه گیرا ناز کیست
  • Until now thou hast shown (disdain), and at this moment there is disdain (on the part of God): whose disdain is of any effect in this Court?

  • لم یلد لم یولدست او از قدم ** نه پدر دارد نه فرزند و نه عم
  • From eternity He is (the One that) begetteth not, nor is He begotten: He hath neither father nor son nor uncle.

  • ناز فرزندان کجا خواهد کشید ** ناز بابایان کجا خواهد شنید 1320
  • How will He suffer the disdain of sons? How will He hearken to the disdain of fathers?

  • نیستم مولود پیراکم بناز ** نیستم والد جوانا کم گراز
  • (God saith), ‘I am not begotten: O old man, do not be proud. I am not a begetter: O youth, do not strut.

  • نیستم شوهر نیم من شهوتی ** ناز را بگذار اینجا ای ستی
  • I am not a husband, I am not connected with lust: here, O lady, leave off being disdainful.’

  • جز خضوع و بندگی و اضطرار ** اندرین حضرت ندارد اعتبار
  • Excepting humility and slavishness and utter helplessness, naught hath consideration in this Presence.”

  • گفت بابا سالها این گفته‌ای ** باز می‌گویی بجهل آشفته‌ای
  • He (Canaan) said, “Father, for years thou hast said this; (now) thou art saying (it) again: thou art deranged with folly.

  • چند ازینها گفته‌ای با هرکسی ** تا جواب سرد بشنودی بسی 1325
  • How many of these things hast thou said to every one, so that oftentimes thou hast heard a cold (rough) answer!

  • این دم سرد تو در گوشم نرفت ** خاصه اکنون که شدم دانا و زفت
  • This cold breath (tiresome discourse) of thine did not enter my ear, (nor will it), especially now when I have become wise and strong.”

  • گفت بابا چه زیان دارد اگر ** بشنوی یکبار تو پند پدر
  • He (Noah) said, “Bábá, what harm will it do if thou listen once to the advice of thy father?”

  • همچنین می‌گفت او پند لطیف ** همچنان می‌گفت او دفع عنیف
  • On this wise was he (Noah) speaking kindly counsel, and on that wise was he (Canaan) uttering harsh refusal.

  • نه پدر از نصح کنعان سیر شد ** نه دمی در گوش آن ادبیر شد
  • Neither did the father become weary of admonishing Canaan, nor did a single breath (word) enter the ear of that graceless man.

  • اندرین گفتن بدند و موج تیز ** بر سر کنعان زد وشد ریز ریز 1330
  • They were (engaged) in this talk when a fierce billow dashed upon Canaan's head, and he was shivered to fragments.

  • نوح گفت ای پادشاه بردبار ** مر مرا خر مرد و سیلت برد بار
  • Noah said, “O long-suffering King, my ass is dead, and Thy Flood hath carried away the load.

  • وعده کردی مر مرا تو بارها ** که بیابد اهلت از طوفان رها
  • Many times Thou didst promise me, saying, ‘Thy family shall be saved from the Deluge.’

  • دل نهادم بر امیدت من سلیم ** پس چرا بربود سیل از من گلیم
  • I (in) simple (faith) fixed my heart on hope of Thee: why, then, has the Flood swept my garment away from me?”

  • گفت او از اهل و خویشانت نبود ** خود ندیدی تو سپیدی او کبود
  • He (God) said, “He was not of thy family and kinsfolk: didst not thou thyself see (that) thou art white, he blue?”

  • چونک دندان تو کرمش در فتاد ** نیست دندان بر کنش ای اوستاد 1335
  • When the worm (of decay) has fallen upon thy tooth, it is not a tooth (any more): tear it out, O master.

  • تا که باقی تن نگردد زار ازو ** گرچه بود آن تو شو بیزار ازو
  • In order that the rest of thy body may not be made miserable by it, become quit of it, although it was (once) thine.

  • گفت بیزارم ز غیر ذات تو ** غیر نبود آنک او شد مات تو
  • He (Noah) said, “I am quit of aught other than Thy Essence; he that has died in Thee is not other (than Thou).

  • تو همی دانی که چونم با تو من ** بیست چندانم که با باران چمن
  • Thou knowest how I am to Thee: I am (to Thee) as the orchard to the rain, and twenty times as much—

  • زنده از تو شاد از تو عایلی ** مغتذی بی واسطه و بی حایلی
  • Living by Thee, rejoicing because of Thee, a pauper receiving sustenance without any medium or intervention;

  • متصل نه منفصل نه ای کمال ** بلک بی چون و چگونه و اعتلال 1340
  • Not united, not separated, O Perfection; nay, devoid of quality or description or causation.

  • ماهیانیم و تو دریای حیات ** زنده‌ایم از لطفت ای نیکو صفات
  • We are the fishes, and Thou the Sea of Life: we live by Thy favour, O Thou whose attributes are excellent.

  • تو نگنجی در کنار فکرتی ** نی به معلولی قرین چون علتی
  • Thou art not contained in the bosom of any thought, nor art Thou joined with the effect, as a cause.

  • پیش ازین طوفان و بعد این مرا ** تو مخاطب بوده‌ای در ماجرا
  • Before this Flood and after it, Thou hast been the object of my address in (every) colloquy.

  • با تو می‌گفتم نه با ایشان سخن ** ای سخن‌بخش نو و آن کهن
  • I was speaking with Thee, not with them, O Thou that art the Giver of speech (both) newly and of old.

  • نه که عاشق روز و شب گوید سخن ** گاه با اطلال و گاهی با دمن 1345
  • Is it not the case that the lover, day and night, converses now with the ruins (of the beloved's abode), now with the traces (of her habitation)?

  • روی با اطلال کرده ظاهرا ** او کرا می‌گوید آن مدحت کرا
  • To outward seeming, he has turned his face towards the ruins, (but) to whom is he (really) saying that song of praise, to whom?

  • شکر طوفان را کنون بگماشتی ** واسطه‌ی اطلال را بر داشتی
  • Thanks (be to Thee)! Now Thou hast let loose the Flood and removed the ruins which stood between (me and Thee).

  • زانک اطلال لیم و بد بدند ** نه ندایی نه صدایی می‌زدند
  • (I thank Thee) because they were vile and evil ruins, uttering neither a cry nor an echo.

  • من چنان اطلال خواهم در خطاب ** کز صدا چون کوه واگوید جواب
  • I desire such ruins to speak with as answer back, like the mountain, by an echo,

  • تا مثنا بشنوم من نام تو ** عاشقم برنام جان آرام تو 1350
  • So that I may hear Thy name redoubled, (for) I am in love with Thy soul-soothing name.

  • هرنبی زان دوست دارد کوه را ** تا مثنا بشنود نام ترا
  • That is why every prophet holds the mountains dear: (’tis) that he may hear Thy name redoubled.

  • آن که پست مثال سنگ لاخ ** موش را شاید نه ما را در مناخ
  • That low mountain, resembling stony ground, is suitable for a mouse, not for us, as a resting-place.