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4210-4219

  • فتنه که لرزند ازو لرزان تست  ** هر گران‌قیمت گهر ارزان تست  4210
  • The torment at which they tremble is trembling at thee: every costly pearl is cheap to thee.”

  • گر خدا دادی مرا پانصد دهان  ** گفتمی شرح تو ای جان و جهان 
  • If God gave me five hundred mouths, I would sing in description (praise) of thee, O (my) soul and world;

  • یک دهان دارم من آن هم منکسر  ** در خجالت از تو ای دانای سر 
  • (But) I have (only) one mouth, and even that one is crushed with shame before thee, O knower of the mystery.

  • منکسرتر خود نباشم از عدم  ** کز دهانش آمدستند این امم 
  • In sooth I am not more crushed than non-existence, from the mouth of which (all) these peoples have come (forth).

  • صد هزار آثار غیبی منتظر  ** کز عدم بیرون جهد با لطف و بر 
  • A hundred thousand impressions of the Unseen World are waiting to spring forth graciously and kindly from non-existence.

  • از تقاضای تو می‌گردد سرم  ** ای ببرده من به پیش آن کرم  4215
  • Because of thy urgency my head is reeling: oh, I am dead in the presence of that bounty.

  • رغبت ما از تقاضای توست  ** جذبه‌ی حقست هر جا ره‌روست 
  • Our desire (for thee) arises from thy urgency: wherever there is a wayfarer, ’tis the pull of God (that draws him on).

  • خاک بی‌بادی به بالا بر جهد  ** کشتی بی‌بحر پا در ره نهد 
  • Does the dust leap upward without a wind? Does a ship voyage without the sea?

  • پیش آب زندگانی کس نمرد  ** پیش آبت آب حیوانست درد 
  • None (ever) died in the presence of the Water of Life: compared with thy water the Water of Life is (mere) dregs.

  • آب حیوان قبله‌ی جان دوستان  ** ز آب باشد سبز و خندان بوستان 
  • The Water of Life is the goal of those to whom life is dear: by water the garden is (made) verdant and smiling.