از سخن صورت بزاد و باز مرد ** موج خود را باز اندر بحر برد1140
The form was born of the Word and died again, the wave drew itself back into the sea.
صورت از بیصورتی آمد برون ** باز شد که إنا إليه راجعون
The form came forth from Formlessness and went back (thither), for Verily unto Him are we returning.
پس ترا هر لحظه مرگ و رجعتی است ** مصطفی فرمود دنیا ساعتی است
Every instant, then, thou art dying and returning: Mustafá declared that this world is (but) a moment.
فکر ما تیری است از هو در هوا ** در هوا کی پاید آید تا خدا
Our thought is an arrow (shot) from Him (Hú) into the air (hawá): how should it stay in the air? It comes (back) to God.
هر نفس نو میشود دنیا و ما ** بیخبر از نو شدن اندر بقا
Every moment the world is renewed, and we are unaware of its being renewed whilst it remains (the same in appearance).
عمر همچون جوی نو نو میرسد ** مستمری مینماید در جسد1145
Life is ever arriving anew, like the stream, though in the body it has the semblance of continuity.
آن ز تیری مستمر شکل آمده ست ** چون شرر کش تیز جنبانی به دست
From its swiftness it appears continuous, like the spark which thou whirlest rapidly with thy hand.
شاخ آتش را بجنبانی به ساز ** در نظر آتش نماید بس دراز
If thou whirl a firebrand with dexterity, it appears to the sight as a very long (line of) fire.
این درازی مدت از تیزی صنع ** مینماید سرعت انگیزی صنع
The swift motion produced by the action of God presents this length of duration (Time) as (a phenomenon arising) from the rapidity of Divine action.
طالب این سر اگر علامهای است ** نک حسام الدین که سامی نامهای است
Even if the seeker of this mystery is an exceedingly learned man, (say to him), “Lo, Husámu’ddín, who is a sublime book (where you will find the mystery revealed).”
رسیدن خرگوش به شیر و خشم شیر بر وی
The hare's coming to the lion and the lion's anger with him.