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4510-4519

  • آنچنان شادند اندر قعر چاه ** که همی‌ترسند از تخت و کلاه 4510
  • So glad are they at the bottom of the pit that they are afraid of the throne and the tiara.

  • هر کجا دلبر بود خود همنشین ** فوق گردونست نه زیر زمین
  • Every place where the Beloved himself is their companion is above the sky, not below the earth.

  • تفسیر این خبر کی مصطفی علیه السلام فرمود لا تفضلونی علی یونس بن متی
  • Commentary on the Tradition that Mustafá (Mohammed), on whom be peace, said, “Do not declare me to be more excellent than Yúnus ibn Mattá.”

  • گفت پیغامبر که معراج مرا ** نیست بر معراج یونس اجتبا
  • The Prophet said, “No preference is (to be given) to my ascension as being superior to the ascension of Yúnus (Jonah).

  • آن من بر چرخ و آن او نشیب ** زانک قرب حق برونست از حساب
  • Mine was up to heaven, and his was down below (in the belly of the Fish), because nighness unto God is beyond calculation.”

  • قرب نه بالا نه پستی رفتنست ** قرب حق از حبس هستی رستنست
  • To be nigh (unto God) is not to go up or down: to be nigh unto God is to escape from the prison of existence.

  • نیست را چه جای بالا است و زیر ** نیست را نه زود و نه دورست و دیر 4515
  • What room hath non-existence for “up” and “down”? Non-existence hath no “soon” or “far” or “late.”

  • کارگاه و گنج حق در نیستیست ** غره‌ی هستی چه دانی نیست چیست
  • The laboratory and treasure of God is in non-existence. Thou art deluded by existence: how shouldst thou know what non-existence is?

  • حاصل این اشکست ایشان ای کیا ** می‌نماند هیچ با اشکست ما
  • The sum of the matter (is that) this defeat of theirs, O sire, does not resemble our defeat at all.

  • آنچنان شادند در ذل و تلف ** همچو ما در وقت اقبال و شرف
  • They rejoice in being abased and destroyed, just as we (rejoice) in the hour of success and honour.

  • برگ بی‌برگی همه اقطاع اوست ** فقر و خواریش افتخارست و علوست
  • The provision of unprovidedness is all (that has been assigned to the Prophet as) his fief: poverty and lowliness are his pride and glory.