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1897-1906

  • همچو قرآن که بمعنی هفت توست ** خاص را و عام را مطعم دروست
  • (Such a speaker is) like the Qur’án which is sevenfold in meaning, and in which there is food for the elect and for the vulgar.

  • گفت این باری یقین شد پیش عام ** که جهان در امر یزدانست رام
  • He (the dervish) said, “This at least is evident to the vulgar, that the world is subject to the command of God.

  • هیچ برگی در نیفتد از درخت ** بی قضا و حکم آن سلطان بخت
  • No leaf drops from a tree without the predestination and ordainment of that Ruler of Fortune.

  • از دهان لقمه نشد سوی گلو ** تا نگوید لقمه را حق که ادخلوا 1900
  • No morsel goes from the mouth towards the gullet till God says to that morsel, ‘Enter!’

  • میل و رغبت کان زمام آدمیست ** جنبش آن رام امر آن غنیست
  • The inclination and desire which is Man's nose-rein—its movement is subject to the command of that Self-sufficient One.

  • در زمینها و آسمانها ذره‌ای ** پر نجنباند نگردد پره‌ای
  • In (all) the earths and heavens not an atom moves a wing, not a straw turns,

  • جز به فرمان قدیم نافذش ** شرح نتوان کرد و جلدی نیست خوش
  • Save by His eternal and effectual command. To expound (this) is impossible, and presumption is not good.

  • کی شمرد برگ درختان را تمام ** بی‌نهایت کی شود در نطق رام
  • Who may number all the leaves of the trees? How may the Infinite become amenable to speech?

  • این قدر بشنو که چون کلی کار ** می‌نگردد جز بامر کردگار 1905
  • Hear this much, (however): since all action (in the universe) only comes to pass by the command of the Maker,

  • چون قضای حق رضای بنده شد ** حکم او را بنده‌ی خواهنده شد
  • When the predestination of God becomes the pleasure of His servant, he (the servant) becomes a willing slave to His decree,