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2143-2152

  • او نه اینست و نه آن او ساده است ** نقش تو در پیش تو بنهاده است
  • He is neither this nor that: he is simple (pure and free from attributes of self): he has placed your image before you.

  • چون رسید اینجا سخن لب در ببست ** چون رسید اینجا قلم درهم شکست
  • When the discourse reached this point, it closed its lips; when the pen reached this point, it broke to pieces.

  • لب ببند ار چه فصاحت دست داد ** دم مزن والله اعلم بالرشاد 2145
  • Close thy lips (O my soul): though eloquence is at thy command, do not breathe a word—and God best knoweth the right way.

  • برکنار بامی ای مست مدام ** پست بنشین یا فرود آ والسلام
  • O you who are drunken with the wine (of love), you are on the edge of the roof: sit down or (else) descend, and peace be with you!

  • هر زمانی که شدی تو کامران ** آن دم خوش را کنار بام دان
  • Every moment when you enjoy (union with the Beloved), deem that delightful moment to be the edge of the roof.

  • بر زمان خوش هراسان باش تو ** هم‌چو گنجش خفیه کن نه فاش تو
  • Be trembling for (fear of losing) the delightful moment: conceal it like a treasure, do not divulge it.

  • تا نیاید بر ولا ناگه بلا ** ترس ترسان رو در آن مکمن هلا
  • Lest calamity suddenly befall (your) plighted love, take heed, go very fearfully into that place of ambush.

  • ترس جان در وقت شادی از زوال ** زان کنار بام غیبست ارتحال 2150
  • The spirit's fear of loss at the moment of enjoyment is (the sign of its) departure (descent) from the hidden roof-edge.

  • گر نمی‌بینی کنار بام راز ** روح می‌بیند که هستش اهتزاز
  • If you do not see the mysterious roof-edge, (yet) the spirit is seeing, for it is shuddering (with fear).

  • هر نکالی ناگهان کان آمدست ** بر کنار کنگره‌ی شادی بدست
  • Every sudden chastisement that has come to pass has taken place on the edge of the turret of enjoyment.