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  • گفت پس من نیستم معشوق تو ** من به بلغار و مرادت در قتو
  • She said, “Then I am not thy beloved: I am in Bulghár, and the object of thy desire is in Qutú

  • عاشقی تو بر من و بر حالتی ** حالت اندر دست نبود یا فتی 1415
  • Thou art in love with me and (also) with a state of feeling; the state of feeling is not in thy hand (in thy possession), O youth.

  • پس نیم کلی مطلوب تو من ** جزو مقصودم ترا اندرز من
  • Therefore I am not the whole of that which is sought by thee; I am (only) part of the object of thy quest at the present time.

  • خانه‌ی معشوقه‌ام معشوق نی ** عشق بر نقدست بر صندوق نی
  • I am (only) the house of thy beloved, not the beloved (herself): (true) love is for the cash, not for the coffer (that contains it).”

  • هست معشوق آنک او یکتو بود ** مبتدا و منتهاات او بود
  • The (real) beloved is that one who is single, who is thy beginning and end.

  • چون بیابی‌اش نمانی منتظر ** هم هویدا او بود هم نیز سر
  • When thou findest him, thou wilt not remain in expectation (of aught else): he is both the manifest and also the mystery,

  • میر احوالست نه موقوف حال ** بنده‌ی آن ماه باشد ماه و سال 1420
  • He is the lord of states of feeling, not dependent on any state: month and year are slaves of that Moon.

  • چون بگوید حال را فرمان کند ** چون بخواهد جسمها را جان کند
  • When he bids the “state,” it does his behest; when he wills, he makes bodies (become) spirit.

  • منتها نبود که موقوفست او ** منتظر بنشسته باشد حال‌جو
  • One that is stopped (on the way) is not (at) the (journey's) end; he will be seated, waiting and seeking the “state.”

  • کیمیای حال باشد دست او ** دست جنباند شود مس مست او
  • His (the perfect saint's) hand is the elixir that transmutes the “state”: (if) he move his hand, the copper becomes intoxicated with him.