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2030-2039

  • بحر وحدانست جفت و زوج نیست  ** گوهر و ماهیش غیر موج نیست  2030
  • ’Tis the Sea of Unity: there is no fellow or consort: its pearls and fishes are not other than its waves.

  • ای محال و ای محال اشراک او  ** دور از آن دریا و موج پاک او 
  • Oh, absurd, absurd to make (aught) its partner. Far be it from that Sea and its pure waves!

  • نیست اندر بحر شرک و پیچ پیچ  ** لیک با احول چه گویم هیچ هیچ 
  • In the Sea there is no partnership or perplexity; but what can I say to him that sees double? Nothing, nothing.

  • چونک جفت احولانیم ای شمن  ** لازم آید مشرکانه دم زدن 
  • Since we are the mates of those who see double, O idolater, ’tis necessary to speak in the fashion of him who attributes a partner (to God).

  • آن یکیی زان سوی وصفست و حال  ** جز دوی ناید به میدان مقال 
  • That Unity is beyond description and condition: nothing comes into the arena (domain) of speech except duality.

  • یا چو احول این دوی را نوش کن  ** یا دهان بر دوز و خوش خاموش کن  2035
  • Either, like the double-seeing man, drink in (absorb and be satisfied with) this duality, or close your mouth and be very silent;

  • یا به نوبت گه سکوت و گه کلام  ** احولانه طبل می‌زن والسلام 
  • Or (do both) in turns, now silence, now speech: (in the company of the uninitiated) beat the drum like him that sees double, and peace (be with you)!

  • چون ببینی محرمی گو سر جان  ** گل ببینی نعره زن چون بلبلان 
  • When you see a confidant, declare the mystery of the Spirit: (if) you see the rose, sing loud like nightingales.

  • چون ببینی مشک پر مکر و مجاز  ** لب ببند و خویشتن را خنب ساز 
  • (But) when you see (one who resembles) a water-skin full of deceit and falsehood, shut your lips and make yourself like a (dry-lipped) jar;

  • دشمن آبست پیش او مجنب  ** ورنه سنگ جهل او بشکست خنب 
  • (For) he is an enemy to the water (of spiritual life): in his presence do not move (your lips), else the stone of his ignorance breaks the jar.