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1880-1889

  • قوم دیگر می‌شناسم ز اولیا ** که دهانشان بسته باشد از دعا 1880
  • I know another class of saints whose mouths are closed to invocation.

  • از رضا که هست رام آن کرام ** جستن دفع قضاشان شد حرام
  • Because of the content (quietism) that is subservient to (possessed by) those noble ones, it has become unlawful for them to seek to avert Destiny.

  • در قضا ذوقی همی‌بینند خاص ** کفرشان آید طلب کردن خلاص
  • In (submitting to) Destiny they experience a peculiar delight: it would be (an act of) infidelity for them to crave release.

  • حسن ظنی بر دل ایشان گشود ** که نپوشند از عمی جامه‌ی کبود
  • He (God) hath revealed to their hearts such a good opinion (of Him) that they do not put on the blue garb (of mourning) on account of any sorrow.

  • سال کردن بهلول آن درویش را
  • How Buhlúl questioned a certain dervish.

  • گفت بهلول آن یکی درویش را ** چونی ای درویش واقف کن مرا
  • Buhlúl said to a certain dervish, “How art thou, O dervish? Inform me.”

  • گفت چون باشد کسی که جاودان ** بر مراد او رود کار جهان 1885
  • He said, “How should that one be, according to whose desire the work of the world goes on?—

  • سیل و جوها بر مراد او روند ** اختران زان سان که خواهد آن شوند
  • According to whose desire the torrents and rivers flow, and the stars move in such wise as he wills;

  • زندگی و مرگ سرهنگان او ** بر مراد او روانه کو بکو
  • And Life and Death are his officers, going to and fro according to his desire.

  • هر کجا خواهد فرستد تعزیت ** هر کجا خواهد ببخشد تهنیت
  • He sends (what entails) condolence wheresoever he will; he bestows (what entails) felicitation wheresoever he will.

  • سالکان راه هم بر گام او ** ماندگان از راه هم در دام او
  • The travellers on the Way (go) according to his pleasure; they that have lost the Way (are fallen) in his snare.