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1143-1152

  • 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 جسد 1145
  • 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.

  • شیر اندر آتش و در خشم و شور ** دید کان خرگوش می‌‌آید ز دور 1150
  • The lion, incensed and wrathful and frantic, saw the hare coming from afar,

  • می‌‌دود بی‌‌دهشت و گستاخ او ** خشمگین و تند و تیز و ترش رو
  • Running undismayed and confidently, looking angry and fierce and fell and sour,

  • کز شکسته آمدن تهمت بود ** وز دلیری دفع هر ریبت بود
  • For by coming humbly (he thought) suspicion would be (excited), while by boldness every cause of doubt would be removed.