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3049-3058

  • چون ندیدش مغز و تدبیر رشید ** در سیاست پوستش از سر کشید
  • Inasmuch as he (the lion) did not see in him the kernel (real understanding) and right consideration of right conduct, he tore the skin off his head as a punishment.

  • گفت چون دید منت از خود نبرد ** این چنین جان را بباید زار مرد 3050
  • He said, “Since the sight of me did not transport thee out of thyself, a spirit like this (thine) must needs die miserably.

  • چون نبودی فانی اندر پیش من ** فضل آمد مر ترا گردن زدن‌‌
  • Since thou wert not passing away (from thyself) in my presence, ’twas an act of grace to smite thy neck (behead thee).”

  • کل شی‌‌ء هالک جز وجه او ** چون نه‌‌ای در وجه او هستی مجو
  • Everything is perishing except His face: unless thou art in His face (essence), do not seek to exist.

  • هر که اندر وجه ما باشد فنا ** کل شيء هالک نبود جزا
  • When any one has passed away (from himself) in my face (essence), (the words) everything is perishing are not applicable (to him),

  • ز آن که در الاست او از لا گذشت ** هر که در الاست او فانی نگشت‌‌
  • Because he is in except, he has transcended not (nonentity): whosoever is in except has not passed away (perished).

  • هر که بر در او من و ما می‌‌زند ** رد باب است او و بر لا می‌‌تند 3055
  • Whosoever is uttering ‘I’ and ‘we’ at the door (of the Divine Court), he is turned back from the door and is continuing in not (nonentity).

  • قصه‌‌ی آن کس که در یاری بکوفت از درون گفت کیست گفت منم، گفت چون تو تویی در نمی‌‌گشایم هیچ کس را از یاران نمی‌‌شناسم که او من باشد
  • The story of the person who knocked at a friend's door: his friend from within asked who he was: he said, “’Tis I,” and the friend answered, “Since thou art thou, I will not open the door: I know not any friend that is ‘I.’ Begone!”

  • آن یکی آمد در یاری بزد ** گفت یارش کیستی ای معتمد
  • A certain man came and knocked at a friend's door: his friend asked him, “Who art thou, O trusty one?”

  • گفت من، گفتش برو هنگام نیست ** بر چنین خوانی مقام خام نیست‌‌
  • He answered, “I.” The friend said, “Begone, ’tis not the time (for thee to come in): at a table like this there is no place for the raw.”

  • خام را جز آتش هجر و فراق ** کی پزد کی وا رهاند از نفاق‌‌
  • Save the fire of absence and separation, who (what) will cook the raw one? Who (what) will deliver him from hypocrisy?