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470-479

  • هم‌چو از آب و گل آدم‌کده ** نور ز آهک پاره‌ها تابان شده 470
  • As from the water and earth of the house (bodily tenement) of Adam, (so) did light shine forth from the pieces of mortar.

  • سنگ بی‌حمال آینده شده ** وان در و دیوارها زنده شده
  • The stones were coming without carrier, and those doors and walls had become living.

  • حق همی‌گوید که دیوار بهشت ** نیست چون دیوارها بی‌جان و زشت
  • God saith that the ‘wall of Paradise is not lifeless and ugly like (other) walls;

  • چون در و دیوار تن با آگهیست ** زنده باشد خانه چون شاهنشهیست
  • Like the door and wall of the body, it is (endowed) with intelligence: the house (Paradise) is living since it belongs to the King of kings.

  • هم درخت و میوه هم آب زلال ** با بهشتی در حدیث و در مقال
  • Both tree and fruit and limpid water (take part) with the in habitant of Paradise in conversation and discourse,

  • زانک جنت را نه ز آلت بسته‌اند ** بلک از اعمال و نیت بسته‌اند 475
  • Because Paradise has not been fashioned out of (the builder’s) materials; nay, but it has been fashioned out of (good) deeds and intentions.

  • این بنا ز آب و گل مرده بدست ** وان بنا از طاعت زنده شدست
  • This edifice has been (made) of dead water and earth, while that edifice has arisen from living piety.

  • این به اصل خویش ماند پرخلل ** وان به اصل خود که علمست و عمل
  • This (edifice) resembles its foundation (which is) full of defect, and that (edifice resembles) its foundation, which is knowledge and action.

  • هم سریر و قصر و هم تاج و ثیاب ** با بهشتی در سال و در جواب
  • Both throne and palace and crown and robes are (engaged) in question and reply (conversation) with the inhabitant of Paradise.

  • فرش بی‌فراش پیچیده شود ** خانه بی‌مکناس روبیده شود
  • The carpet (there) is folded without the farrash (carpet- spreader); the house (Paradise) is swept without the broom.